Summary
WHEN the Government announced plans to encourage people to abandon their cars and walk to work, I predicted that it would spawn a whole new job creation scheme. Needless to say, within weeks The Guardian was running advertisements for 'community walking co- ordinators'.
But it didn't stop there. At a time of mounting unemployment in the private sector, it has been revealed that town halls have spent more than Pounds 3 million over the past year on so-called 'lifestyle' advisers. These newly-invented non-jobs include a Pounds 41,000-a-year 'promoting healthy weight' adviser in Lewisham and a Pounds 19,000-a-year 'temporary mass participation' worker in Bromsgrove. Mid-Suffolk has recruited a development officer to teach juggling to youngsters, to 'improve hand-eye coordination'.See the full content of this document
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Walk This Way Into a Non-Job
Fife has a cheerleader and a 'teen funk' instructor. In Oldham, the co...
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