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Mayor refuses to attend 'improper' meeting - BBC News (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 11 months ago by mannycalavera to c/uk_politics

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[–] Spendrill@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It cost taxpayers a mindblowing total of £453,000 for the West of England Combined Authority (Weca) to part company with its former boss, it can be revealed.

Last month the organisation announced it had agreed a £219,000 severance payoff to chief executive Patricia Greer.

But it has now emerged that the golden handshake was less than half the amount of money it had to fork out over the prolonged saga, which began when Dr Greer began a leave of absence at the end of last November and did not return to work before the settlement on August 31.

On top of this, Weca also paid a staggering £97,000 on legal costs, plus £14,000 towards those of the ex-top officer, as well as nine months' full salary amounting to £123,500 that it was paying her during that period at the same time as it was paying interim chief executive Richard Ennis, who was on even higher wages as an agency worker.

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Looks like the paid execs at WECA are at war with the elected representatives. Or at very least a competition to see which group can spend the most of tax payer's money.

[–] mannycalavera 2 points 11 months ago

The amount of tax payer's money flagrantly wasted in the South West, especially by the Bristol mayor, is staggering. And they have the cheek to cry about not having enough to find basic services. Of course they don't because it's all going into the pockets of these fucks.