Spending the Public Pound
The Scottish newspapers are doing a good job in exposing the many ludicrous ways - in which public money continues to be poured down the drain.
Latest out of the traps is the Sunday Post - not known for its investigative journalism - but last weekend the paper highlighted a lease scheme which subsidises NHS staff who drive expensive cars.
Figures released by the Sunday Post show that many top earning NHS employees are taking advantage of the scheme - which means the tax payer pays millions of pounds a year towards the cost of new vehicles.
Different health boards contribute different levels of subsidy for each member of staff - but all of them run to thousands of pounds per staff member - with highly paid staff such as consultants and senior mangers getting the best deals of all.
In NHS Lanarkshire, for example, staff are eligible for a subsidy of £1500 per year if they drive drive more than 3,500 business miles - and £2,400 if they exceed 6,000 miles.
But consultants and other senior staff - who might earn a salary of well over £100,000 a year - are entitled to a subsidy of £3,000 under the scheme.
How can anyone can justify using public money for such a purpose?
Latest out of the traps is the Sunday Post - not known for its investigative journalism - but last weekend the paper highlighted a lease scheme which subsidises NHS staff who drive expensive cars.
Figures released by the Sunday Post show that many top earning NHS employees are taking advantage of the scheme - which means the tax payer pays millions of pounds a year towards the cost of new vehicles.
Different health boards contribute different levels of subsidy for each member of staff - but all of them run to thousands of pounds per staff member - with highly paid staff such as consultants and senior mangers getting the best deals of all.
In NHS Lanarkshire, for example, staff are eligible for a subsidy of £1500 per year if they drive drive more than 3,500 business miles - and £2,400 if they exceed 6,000 miles.
But consultants and other senior staff - who might earn a salary of well over £100,000 a year - are entitled to a subsidy of £3,000 under the scheme.
How can anyone can justify using public money for such a purpose?
