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Politically Correct

12 February, 2010 by James Lawther Leave a Comment

In response to the political scandal about MP’s expense claims, the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (ipsa) has been set up.  IPSA will consist of 80 members of staff and is expected to cost £6.5 million every year.  This is on top of the £1.5 million that has already been spent on audits and enquiries into […]

Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement Tagged With: bureaucracy, government, over-processing, political intervention

Are You Worth £150k?

19 January, 2010 by James Lawther Leave a Comment

A very interesting article today about how the government plans to cap the salaries of top earners.  The BBC was called out as a particular problem.  Apparently everybody with a salary of more than £150,000 who works in the Public Sector will have to explain to the government why they are worth so much.  In […]

Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement Tagged With: bureaucracy, political intervention, salaries, tampering, trust

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