In recent years the jobs pages have become one of the richest seams for those seeking out examples of how government spending has been getting out of hand.
Here are a few examples from today’s Sunday Times:
a “substantial six figure” Director of News to lead a 24-strong press team for the Ministry of Defence, when do the numbers in the press team exceed the number of Royal Navy front line ships?
£195K to lead Birmingham City Council, I know Birmingham is a big city but Livingstone only gets the equivalent salary of a Cabinet Minister at £134K
meanwhile Surrey County Council is looking to give away six figures 4 times over.