Council chiefs face sack
Author: The Independent |
Council chiefs paid as much as £240,000 a year face the axe under a Conservative government, after a senior Tory said the position of council chief executive should be abolished.
The party chairman, Eric Pickles, said recent changes to the structure of local government meant many chief executives were no longer needed. Since 2000, many councils have switched to having a leader and elected cabinet members handling specific portfolios.
“I’m not entirely sure that paying a quarter of a million pounds for a chief executive of a large local authority is justified,” he said. “To a degree, they are being paid like football managers. In a time when members have executive responsibilities, I’m not entirely sure that can be justified.”