The high price of falling out

摘要

How many times have we heard of bust-ups between chief executives and their councils, resulting in massive pay-offs? Or, of cases where the chief executive's head rolls at an under-performing authority at considerable cost to the taxpayer? And how often does a change of political colour mean a senior officer's face no long fits and ￡100,000-plus is found from the public purse to pension them off in style?