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	<title>The TaxPayers&#039; Alliance &#187; Burning Our Money</title>
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		<title>Non-job of the week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ealing Council is advertising for a new Media Officer paying £144.00 &#8211; £148.34 per hour. At least that&#8217;s what the advert says. Having checked with the council, I can confirm the figures quoted are the daily rate, and not the hourly rate.  The council told me they have informed the recruitment agency of the error, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police chief leaves the force with £247K payout</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are used to senior public sector workers departing their post with more than generous payouts. There are some who leave one council with a large redundancy cheque, only to start work for another council or quanqo shortly afterwards. Mark Hammond is a prime example. He was made redundant from West Sussex County Council, trousering [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Non-job of the week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week I wrote about a major management reorganisation at Hull City Council. The council leader, Cllr Steve Brady, said he was looking to make at least £1 million in savings. He also added that the council has &#8216;a top-heavy structure&#8217; which needs to be addressed. This is good to hear (although we don&#8217;t know [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Non-job of the week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Horsham District Council is on the look-out for a Business Transformation Manager. The salary on offer is £60K per annum for a two-year fixed term contract. Here&#8217;s part of the advert under the title, meeting the challenge of change: We are a successful, efficient and ambitious council and we want to change the way we [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.taxpayersalliance.com/waste/2012/05/nonjob-week-62.html</link>
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		<title>Non-job of the week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was talking to a supporter on the phone this morning and during the conversation he mentioned that the one thing the government will never admit to is that they spend £x billion on bureaucracy. And there lies the problem. We see questionable jobs advertised every day, yet finding out exactly how many there are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.taxpayersalliance.com/waste/2012/05/nonjob-week-61.html</link>
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		<title>Non-job of the week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ribble Valley Borough Council is looking for someone to act as a temporary Healthy Lifestyles Referral Officer. The current incumbent is about to go on maternity leave. I had no idea such a post existed, and a thank you goes to an eagle-eyed supporter who spotted it. If you know of  any similar positions in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Non-job of the week update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thankfully there are fewer non-jobs these days than there were, although there are still some corkers around. Two weeks ago I highlighted Horsham District Council&#8217;s search for a Healthy Weight Coordinator, a Physical Activity Coordinator, and a Workplace Health Coordinator. Applicants had until 10 April to submit their applications, with interviews taking place this week, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.taxpayersalliance.com/waste/2012/04/nonjob-week-update.html</link>
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		<title>Misleading Unison response to our report on council pension deficits</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Unison make three points in response to our report this morning on the black hole in council pensions.  They pretend that there is something wrong with us &#8220;comparing liabilities to assets&#8221;; try to play down the cost to taxpayers; and cite the same misleading &#8216;average&#8217; public sector pensions figure they always cite when the high [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.taxpayersalliance.com/waste/2012/04/misleading-unison-response-report-council-pension-deficits.html</link>
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		<title>Non-job of the week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lambeth Borough Council is looking for a Customer Experience Improvement Officer in Parking Services. According to the job advert, the successful applicant &#8220;will maximise customer engagement; undertake all aspects of quality assurance to ensure our services meet the needs of our customers; proactively engage with all service users and stakeholders to critically assess the service; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.taxpayersalliance.com/waste/2012/04/nonjob-week-59.html</link>
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		<title>Whitehall fails to turn over a new leaf when it comes to waste</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Spring has sprung, and that means big bills for fresh flowers in Whitehall. The Times reported(£) Tuesday that in the past year, thousands of pounds of taxpayers’ money has been spent by Government departments on plants and flowers. The Ministry of Justice topped the list of offenders, spending £14,000 on greenery in the past year alone – a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.taxpayersalliance.com/waste/2012/04/whitehall-fails-turn-leaf-waste.html</link>
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