Jun 2008 19

Non-jobbers sacked at City Hall4

Boris Johnson’s Mayoralty gave a thumbs up to London’s taxpayers as it’s emerged that he’s sacked the first tranche of politically correct non-jobbers in City Hall.  Gone already are the 40 copies of the Morning Star City Hall bought every single day.  Now out of the door are the non-jobbers who read it!

Former Mayor Livingstone’s partner Emma Beal was employed as an ‘administration assistant’.  The post of ‘women’s advisor’ is no more.  The ‘cultural and events adviser’, who incidentally was identified as a member of Socialist Action, also needs to find another job as does the ‘senior policy adviser on the creative industries’.  As one who has campaigned against these non-jobs since coming to the TPA, it is welcome news indeed.  The total savings made by yesterday’s clean-out will save taxpayers £400,000 a year, £1.6million over Mayor Johnson’s 4-year term.

So rejoice at the news.  We can only hope David Cameron pays heed to the good work Johnson is doing already and that this is a sign of what a future Conservative government will do in office.  Our Town Halls are swamped with pointless non-jobbers taxpayers can easily live without, taking scarce resources from the frontline and hiking up Council Tax bills in the process.  Too many councils have become an echo of central government by filling their payroll’s with armies of non-job bureaucrats, no matter what party they are.  Perhaps it’s time for some councils to stand up and say ‘no more’. 

What is clear is the growing, intense public anger the levels of waste in government.  Yet there is some hope as the politicians, starting with Boris Johnson, are beginning to listen and act.  Whether it’s this year, the next or even after the general election, the writing is on the wall for non-jobbers…

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  • Hardeep_Singh

    They kicked out the member of Socialist Action that’s music to my ears. However what’s disturbing is the fact that this person was ever employed in the firswt place.

  • Johnbluk

    Here! here!
    Boris is definitely the man, (David Cameron take note and step aside politely).
    No more to anarchic overspending, second rate management, empty soundbites, and lucid lethargy. It’s time to roll yer sleeves up and get on wiv it!
    Is this the faint glimmer of good ole’ common sense finally entering the tunnel of discontent?
    (meanwhile.. Bob Crow is well pissed he can’t take his can of lager, (and Millwall lager louts), on his own tube network anymore).

  • lora

    we need more like Boris!!!

  • Jim Laflin

    The growth of the civil service has been hidden by subcontracting work to private companies, and then allowing the civil servants who previously did the job to resign and join the private companies.
    When the RAF at Cranwell subcontracted aircraft maintenance to private companies, all of the airmen who previously did the job resigned and joined the private companies. The former airmen now do the same maintenance jobs as civilians at a higher rate of pay, and get overtime for anything over 37 jours. In addition to that they are no longer have to go to places like Afghanistan and Iraq.
    The result is that growth in the civil service appears to have stopped.
    If everybody who relied on public money was deemed to be a civil servant, then the true number of civil servants would become known.
    If the government then instigated a freeze on civil service recruitment, we would see a reduction of approximately 5% per annum in numbers and costs. This freeze should last for at least five years.
    This process would enable the government of the day to reduce its costs without the politically suicidal naming specific areas for “cuts”.