My thanks to the reader who sent me this article from the Yorkshire Post ...
"Riding council leader Stephen Parnaby, who was given an OBE for services to local government in 2007, is among 10 Tory councillors who may no longer be able to represent the party in local elections next year following a decision by the Conservatives’ North and East Yorkshire candidate’s approval committee.
"It comes months after the council was condemned for authorising a payment of £364,205 into a senior officer’s pension fund, amid swingeing public spending cuts. The councillors, who include deputy leader Jonathan Owen and three other members of the cabinet, now have 28 days in which to appeal to their own associations.
"The local authority has been mired in controversy over the decision to fund the early retirement of former director of corporate resources Sue Lockwood East."
Can you imagine any other council that would enhance the early retirement of its senior officers with such huge sums of its own taxpayers’ money?
Yeah…so can I.
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