Labour council hires spin doctor on salary equal to £169,000pa
Liverpool Confidential reports:
LIVERPOOL City Council has hired a consultant spin doctor who charges local authorities up to £1,000 a day for his services.
PR guru Mark Fletcher-Brown is working three days a week for Mayor Joe Anderson – after the council haggled a discount on his normal daily rate…
Last night a spokesman for the cash-strapped council admitted he did not know if the figure included vat and expenses – which Fletcher-Brown normally adds on to his hefty base day rate … But even without those add-ons, the figure is commensurate with a full time salaried post of £169,000.
Mmm – unfortunately consultancy rates don’t multiply up quite that simply – 10 chargeable working days a month is more realistic, although this guy seems to have landed 12-13…
What’s your hourly rate?
This is utter madness, i just hope the voters of Liverpool show ther contempt that this decision deserves when they are next at the ballot box