Mr Hogg has said that the social media outcry and mistakes made government accountants about how much will be lost has caused his change of mind.
Many social media comments were on the lines of: “why don’t we just get rid of you and your very expensive staff” and ” if there is a mistake in the accounting, how can we trust government information anyway”!
According to research by The Taxpayers Alliance:
Total spending across all OPCCs in 2013-14 was £52 million, equivalent to the starting pay of over 2,200 Constables and
Devon and Cornwall OPCC and West Midlands OPCC both had 7 staff whose role is to promote the OPCC.
East Devon Watch 