15Oct/093
Your tax pounds at work
This sounds like just the sort of thing our friends at the Tax Payers Alliance would be annoyed about - it's the local government Solace conference in Brighton next week, where council big cheeses will pay a minimum of £655 of taxpayers' money (that's not including accommodation) in order to be told how to do their jobs.
How will the TPA react to this public money being splurged on a nice little jolly by the sea to learn about 'creating trust through conflict' and a 'would you do that in public?' walking tour? Well, the big cheeses will have plenty of opportunity to ask them in person - because TPA campaign director Mark Wallace is one of the key speakers.
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October 15th, 2009 - 14:26
Maybe it's a massive double-bluff, and he'll spend his speech berating the audience for having the temerity to waste tax money by attending?
October 15th, 2009 - 15:49
I've got to say, Al is bang on the money about my intentions! I'll certainly be making the point that the future of local government should definitely involve fewer costly conferences like this.
Just to confirm, the TPA gets no money (even travel expenses) at all for taking part in this.
– Mark Wallace
October 15th, 2009 - 17:58
On a related subject – check out this podcast of a Radio 4 prog (File on 4) about local councils' Chief Executive pay an how it is influenced.