Wirral Council
Pay off “Fat Cats”
Whilst Cutting Local Services
Labour ran Wirral council is spending over £250 000 to pay off the former chief executive and Senior Solicitor as a result of the investigation into the social care scandal that rocked the council last year.
If pay offs for these two highly paid senior Officers who were at the centre of the social care scandal at the time was not bad enough, it comes at a time when the council have also made a £17 million overspend and so all non essential services have been suspended and the council is planning cuts across most local services which will effect vulnerable residents across Liscard.
At a time when many local residents have received pay freezes or even pay cuts themselves it seems shocking that the council is making these lucrative “golden handshakes” to senior staff and increasing their HR budget overall by £200 000 as well.
Im sure most residents would agree with me that the £450 000 was spent on local residents and services instead of fat cats and red tape within the council especially during these tough economic times.
As a local resident I will be calling on the council to stop the culture of golden handshakes and spiraling management costs and ask them to find other measures to save money across their administration that will help protect local services especially those used by residents here in Liscard. We are in difficult economic times with many families having to manage a tight budget after Christmas, Wirral council should be no different the Labour ran council need some home economic lessons (maybe from other successful councils) to ensure just like families across Wirral they are able to provide for those they are responsible for instead of making headline grabbing cuts and passing the buck to the government, well I have a message for Labour Council Leader Cllr Phil Davies THE BUCK STOPS HERE IN WIRRAL!
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