Glasgow, Fat Cats and the SNP

Daily RecordDoes anyone now the name of the lawyer and external accountants who have been appointed to conduct the Glasgow City Council 'fat cat' probe?

Because I raised this very issue with SNP run Glasgow City Council back in 2018 and I also complained to Audit Scotland, the public spending watchdog.

So I am keen to pass on what I know about these absurd 'golden goodbye' payments.



Glasgow, Fat Cats and the SNP (November 27, 2024)

Daily Record

SNP run Glasgow City Council (GCC) paid its outgoing chief executive Annemarie O'Donnell and extra £357,000 so she could retire early without any reduction in her pension - a scheme that is not available to other council workers.

Now this has happened before - I complained in 2018 to GCC about a previous 'golden goodbye' payment worth £120,079 to the council's outgoing director of finance, Lynn Brown.

I also wrote to the council leader, Susan Aitken, and other Glasgow councillors to highlight a case of clear favouritism towards a senior council official.

Now the details of Annemarie O'Donnell's leaving package had to be agreed by the council's most senior officials and it beggars belief that GCC's political leaders were not told about - or did not ask about - the terms on which their long serving CEO was retiring early.

I'll happily share what I know with the lawyer and external auditors being brought in to conduct a 'fat cat' probe.

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