East Midlands council spending on agency staff and consultants “nothing short of a scandal” says UNISON

Figures published today by UNISON, the UK’s largest local government trade union, reveal that councils in the East Midlands spent a massive £151 million on agency staff and external consultants in the last financial year ending March 2009. This is an increase of £18 million from two years ago.

The union believes the total spend will be much higher, as two large councils refused to respond to Freedom of Information requests by UNISON.

Derby City Council said that they have no means of monitoring expenditure in these areas. Northamptonshire County Council said a newly installed computer system could no longer report these costs.

See links for full press story and for details of what each council spent last year.


Press release - PDF


Breakdown of costs by council - PDF

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