This is Lancashire: Blackburn with Darwen council bosses slammed for re-hiring former staff
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A spokeswoman for the TaxPayers’ Alliance said the council should have done its utmost to find other roles for the employees before giving them severance packages.
She said: “What the council has done might be within the rules, but it does not seem to be in the spirit of getting the best out of taxpayers’ money.
“A lot of councils have to find millions of savings and that will mean some redundancies, but it is clearly not good value for taxpayers’ money to make people redundant and hire them back in other roles.”
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Wales Online: ‘Land value tax’ would be fairer, says Mark Drakeford, AM
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The TaxPayers’ Alliance yesterday warned that the tax was unfair and denied that it was progressive.
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Robert Oxley, campaign manager of the TaxPayers’ Alliance, said: “The land value tax might look like a simplification of the tax system but it’s neither fair nor progressive.”
Daily Express: £20k payout for driver, 73, after police smash up car
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Jonathan Isaby, political director of the TaxPayers’ Alliance, said: “As anyone who has seen the video will testify, the treatment of Mr Whatley in this case was excessive in the extreme. The result is that tens of thousands of pounds of taxpayers’ money has had to be paid in compensation – money which would be far better used on providing frontline policing to protect us all.”
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Daily Express: Rail boss wants £336k bonus after apology for girls’ death
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Matthew Elliott, chief executive of the TaxPayers’ Alliance, said the company had a “terrible track record” in managing the rail infrastructure.
“It’s simply unbelievable that bosses have the gall to demand six-figure bonuses in the same week they’ve had to apologise over the deaths of two teenagers,” he said.
“Commuters who have to endure daily delays thanks to mismanagement will wonder how bad things have to get for Sir David Higgins to forgo the bonus on top of his salary.” Manuel Cortes, leader of the TSSA rail union, said: “They are planning to pay themselves more public money for failing to run the railway on time.”
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This is Cornwall: Councillor sorry after he ‘forgot’ third court order
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The four [councillors] have been criticised by the Conservative group at county hall and also the TaxPayers’ Alliance, who said councillors should be setting an example to others.
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This is Leicestershire: City slashes bill for consultants and agency staff
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A spokesman for the Taxpayers’ Alliance said the reduction was “fantastic”, and urged the council to continue to cut the cost.
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Thisismoney.co.uk: Lloyds bosses to miss out on £6m share windfalls
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Matthew Elliott, chief executive of the TaxPayers’ Alliance said: ‘It’s astonishing that Truett Tate could take home a bonus on top of his colossal salary and pension payoff when he’s not even at work.
‘Taxpayers propped up Lloyds TSB at great expense, the bank should pay taxpayers back before it signs off lavish retirement packages for its board.’
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Daily Express: BBC ‘is £3m Brussels propaganda arm’
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Robert Oxley, of the TaxPayers’ Alliance, said: “The Beeb has a strong tradition of an independent broadcaster holding politicians to account. It won’t want to see that reputation compromised by taking euros from the EU.”
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This is Kent: Why do they need so much?
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KCC has been slammed by pressure group the Taxpayers’ Alliance, and rightly so. There will soon be 26 directors at KCC, with a combined salary bill of £3 million.
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