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What Does £60,000 Worth Of Political Advice Look Like?
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How long would it take me to read it?
And should MP's family members be specifically barred from government funded employment (tied to the MP's position, I mean)?
And should MP's family members be specifically barred from government funded employment (tied to the MP's position, I mean)?
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//My rates are very reasonable. //
Heh heh, I'm sure I can drum up some business for you, given time.
As for content, rather than length, yes that was I was really getting at. I would very much like to see what level of 'blue sky thinking', or 'running things up the flagpole', general political thinking might command such a princely sum of money.
More to the point, every bar-prop in the land would also want to know where they can get that many beer vouchers for just sitting around, making up ideas, doing the odd bit of research (aka reading the papers)???
Basically, we collectively blew our lids over MP expenses claims which were typically on the scale of 20-30k (house refurbishments, fancy furniture and carpets in ministerial workspaces etc) but here is 60k being funneled straight into family income, which is as good as it going straight into the MP's own pocket, no?
Must remain focussed though. What constitutes 60k worth of advice and, more to the point, how do I get myself that kind of job?
As pointed out on the BBC this morning, were the vacancies ever advertised or other interviewees ever interviewed?
Heh heh, I'm sure I can drum up some business for you, given time.
As for content, rather than length, yes that was I was really getting at. I would very much like to see what level of 'blue sky thinking', or 'running things up the flagpole', general political thinking might command such a princely sum of money.
More to the point, every bar-prop in the land would also want to know where they can get that many beer vouchers for just sitting around, making up ideas, doing the odd bit of research (aka reading the papers)???
Basically, we collectively blew our lids over MP expenses claims which were typically on the scale of 20-30k (house refurbishments, fancy furniture and carpets in ministerial workspaces etc) but here is 60k being funneled straight into family income, which is as good as it going straight into the MP's own pocket, no?
Must remain focussed though. What constitutes 60k worth of advice and, more to the point, how do I get myself that kind of job?
As pointed out on the BBC this morning, were the vacancies ever advertised or other interviewees ever interviewed?
Hi LazyGun,
the story was about MPs who have hired members of their own family as 'Political Advisors' and are paying them £60k a year for this, out of public funds.
Supposedly front cover of the DM this morning. Damned if I'm going to be caught posting a link to their website though (I might do it if they paid me enough though) ;-)
the story was about MPs who have hired members of their own family as 'Political Advisors' and are paying them £60k a year for this, out of public funds.
Supposedly front cover of the DM this morning. Damned if I'm going to be caught posting a link to their website though (I might do it if they paid me enough though) ;-)
@Hypo - Ahh, thanks for the clarification ;)
Recent story in the local press around here. Nadine Dorries apparently and allegedly hires BOTH her daughters as "researchers/ advisors", at a cost to the public purse of around £80,000 pa.
Still lots of issues surrounding MP staffing. They complain they are not being paid sufficiently for their efforts, but many hire wives, partners, children as advisers, or PAs , or researchers - all money going back into their family coffers, from the public purse. Nepotism at the public expense, it seems to me, and no real effort to make the hiring and firing of staff for MPs more meaningful or transparent.Indeed, many MPs are apparently still seeking "interns" for no wages, just maybe some expenses - a practice that has been roundly condemned.
All Wrong, IMO.
Not very happy with the news that the MP expenses bill has risen to its largest ever either, with most of the rise associated with "staffing costs". This despite all the public outrage and the formation of IPSA.
Recent story in the local press around here. Nadine Dorries apparently and allegedly hires BOTH her daughters as "researchers/ advisors", at a cost to the public purse of around £80,000 pa.
Still lots of issues surrounding MP staffing. They complain they are not being paid sufficiently for their efforts, but many hire wives, partners, children as advisers, or PAs , or researchers - all money going back into their family coffers, from the public purse. Nepotism at the public expense, it seems to me, and no real effort to make the hiring and firing of staff for MPs more meaningful or transparent.Indeed, many MPs are apparently still seeking "interns" for no wages, just maybe some expenses - a practice that has been roundly condemned.
All Wrong, IMO.
Not very happy with the news that the MP expenses bill has risen to its largest ever either, with most of the rise associated with "staffing costs". This despite all the public outrage and the formation of IPSA.
//Not very happy with the news that the MP expenses bill has risen to its largest ever either//
Was this event marked by a suitably titled AB thread, which we could crosslink to this one?
//, with most of the rise associated with "staffing costs". //
Gah! So, by tidying up all the claims for "nick-nacks", we've handed them, on a plate, an open invitation to file claims for something far greater in magnitude and all the harder to argue against?
//This despite all the public outrage and the formation of IPSA. //
MPs salary levels are set in accordance with Civil Service pay scales and I'm convinced there are hefty anti-nepotism procedures in place for Civil Servants. I am up in arms about how they've managed to somehow bypass these, in the first place.
The ludicrously high salary is a slightly secondary issue and I dare say that some people who work in the city probably think 60k is a paltry sum. All the same, I would like to know if it compares favourably or not with the senior civil servants' pay rates.
Somebody, somewhere, is having to input these on the payroll computer and is probably only on 20k themselves. I would like to know what shade of red/green they are when they do so.
Was this event marked by a suitably titled AB thread, which we could crosslink to this one?
//, with most of the rise associated with "staffing costs". //
Gah! So, by tidying up all the claims for "nick-nacks", we've handed them, on a plate, an open invitation to file claims for something far greater in magnitude and all the harder to argue against?
//This despite all the public outrage and the formation of IPSA. //
MPs salary levels are set in accordance with Civil Service pay scales and I'm convinced there are hefty anti-nepotism procedures in place for Civil Servants. I am up in arms about how they've managed to somehow bypass these, in the first place.
The ludicrously high salary is a slightly secondary issue and I dare say that some people who work in the city probably think 60k is a paltry sum. All the same, I would like to know if it compares favourably or not with the senior civil servants' pay rates.
Somebody, somewhere, is having to input these on the payroll computer and is probably only on 20k themselves. I would like to know what shade of red/green they are when they do so.
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