Council workers ‘unproductive’ for most of the day, research finds

Councils workers are "wasting" up to two-thirds of their day, mainly due to poor line management, new research has suggested.

The productivity of local government workers is lagging so far behind that of their private-sector counterparts that up to 500,000 public-sector jobs could be cut without affecting front-line services, claims the report from management consultancy Knox D’Arcy.
 

It’s untenable to have a normal retirement age in public-sector schemes that is significantly different from the state retirement age

Brian Bailey, Director of pensions, West Midlands Pension Fund and member of High Pay Commission