There's an elephant in the room question that should be asked here...and yes, I'm sorry it's the Mail.
Three bosses at the government's disgraced spending watchdog were given £1.3million in pay-offs only to be rehired immediately in new well-paid Whitehall jobs
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Three senior civil servants who were in charge of a government spending watchdog pocketed £1.3million in pay-offs before walking straight into similarly well-paid roles, it emerged today.
Neil Swift, Marcine Waterman and Jon Hayes were handed the huge sums after the Audit Commission was wound up in April amid claims that masses of taxpayers' money was being wasted.
Swift took £131,260 in redundancy; Waterman £244,000; and £800,000 was put into a pension scheme which will be given to Hayes in full if he is made redundant before the end of 2017.
But there was anger today after it was revealed that all three will be allowed to keep the money despite them all having since been appointed to other senior positions in Whitehall.
but then you get this.
The deals - revealed in official Treasury accounts - has been labelled 'a true scandal' by critics.
All three executives climbed the Audit Commission ranks while forking out sizeable amounts of taxpayers' cash on hospitality, hotel rooms, away days and marketing.
When ministers realised the magnitude of their spend, they forced the group - which has since been replaced by the Public Sector Audit Appointments Ltd - to disband.
Well...actually Pickles had the Audit Commission in his sights long before that. It was one of the first quangos on the hit list.
But who on earth are Public Sector Audit Appointments Ltd?
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Public Sector Audit Appointments Limited (PSAA) is an independent company limited by guarantee incorporated by the Local Government Association in August 2014.
The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government delegated statutory functions (from the Audit Commission Act 1998) to PSAA by way of a letter of delegation issued under powers contained in the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014.
The company is responsible for appointing auditors to local government, police and local NHS bodies, for setting audit fees and for making arrangements for the certification of housing benefit subsidy claims.
Before 1 April 2015, these responsibilities were discharged by the Audit Commission.
Basically it's the Audit Commission mk II.
So because he was being vindictive Pickles got rid of the Audit Commission, remade it under another name but had to pay out redundancy to those people that they got rid of...who, because they aren't banned from working, get themselves another job.
What an utter waste of money.
Oh, and this just to complete the picture...
Swift immediately joined the Government's Single Source Regulations Office (SSRO) as Director of Corporate Resources after being dismissed from his role.
Coincidentally, he now works under Waterman once more. She was made chief executive of the newly-formed SSRO - which oversees defence contracts.
Hayes was given the Chief Officer's job at the new Public Sector Audit Appointments company.
So he's actually ended up doing a job at the replacement organisation?
FFS!
Of course, the three get the blame despite having done nothing apart from having been made redundant. Maybe the DM would be happier if they went on the dole?
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