“COMPANY cars with blue lights and sirens have been given to seven police forces in England for civilian staff who are not trained to use them – including Devon and Cornwall, the BBC has reported.
Among those were nine senior staff including finance, HR and IT directors. The main recipients were finance directors.
The BBC reported that one tax expert said the recipients could save thousands of pounds each year as emergency vehicles are treated differently by HM Revenue and Customs.”
However, the forces said the vehicles were part of their wider fleet, and denied they were provided for tax reasons.
Surely, the point should not be WHICH company car they get but WHY they get them at all.
Maybe, in a Corbyn world, it may be the poorer workers who get the cars and the richer ones who don’t – but no blue lights for civilians!
East Devon Watch 