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The Great Inertia Sector: A whistleblower’s account of council work where staff pull six-month sickies

In his emergency Budget this week, Chancellor George Osborne announced he was cutting public sector expenditure by 25 per cent. Unions have declared the cuts irresponsible. But are they? Here, one employee for a large inner London authority lifts the lid on the culture of inertia and incompetence at his workplace. The Mail knows the [...]

Council employees received bonuses and cash overpayments

A former Wiltshire Council Officer received an overpayment of more than £15,000 in redundancy, which was discovered by the Council’s auditors, KPMG, along with a further £18,000 in other redundancy payments for former Officers. A further report from the auditor noted their concerns as to bonuses paid to Kennet District Council employees for ‘good performance’. [...]