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JOHN O'CONNELL: There is a deepening lack of transparency, with dozens of councils failing to publish annual accounts and numerous senior officers hiding behind meaningless titles.
Research by the TaxPayers' Alliance reveals that dozens of employees are paid six-figure sums a year in council buildings where desks are empty as staff are still allowed to WFH.
Around 3,000 town hall bureaucrats pocketed more than £100,000 each last year.
EXCLUSIVE: James Whiteman, 57, received the huge sum after taking voluntary redundancy from Guildford Borough Council in Surrey, where he had been managing director, in 2021.
James Whiteman, 57, received the huge pay package after taking voluntary redundancy from Guildford Borough Council. Taxpayers have blasted the payment as a 'joke'.