OUTRAGE as Taxpayer's FUND Council Workers Living LUXURY ABROAD!

[@GBNewsOnline]

Ensuring your county is a great place...over 5000 miles away from it!?

[@blueroyals71]

Zero context to the report. Making it sound like a jolly doesn't do the report any favours. Just biassed reporting at it's best. Just because someone comes from a nice location and returns for personal reasons is not a reason to slam the practice of letting staff work from abroad...it's jelousy.

[@joanneferndale101]

​@@blueroyals71No, shirkers MUST come and WORK

[@MindandMindResearchestheAuthor]

😂​@blueroyals71, are you a Council worker?

[@davidlewis8899]

@@MindandMindResearchestheAuthorI know where I work, in the public sector we are not allowed to work from home abroad. But, like many Private sector jobs, the job can be done remotely. No different to the Private Sector. This makes it makes it sound like people are given extra to work abroad I highly doubt they are paid more than they would if working at home in the UK. Also until recently, public sector rises have been almost none. Do we want a race to the bottom? Or, improvements for everyone as a worker, Public ,or, Private Sector.

[@kxmalahov]

@@davidlewis8899 another Council worker??

[@bobmartin770]

Drain the swamp!

[@phfrank888]

So these people in the Caribbean are getting up at 2am everyday to be aligned with UK time. I don't think so!

[@harrymeese8889]

A very good point!

[@maverickmic]

It would align with me receiving emails from my caretaker manager at 11:30 pm! FFS

[@h15432]

But.....if they are?

[@stephenwhite345]

​@@h15432a mighty big if

[@DaniTrejo45]

He is arsenal football fans watching match maybe

[@bowjana8128]

If all these managers at the council never came in no one would even notice

[@madmelwood3778]

Exactly

[@ianrichardson9950]

Too many layers of Managers in Councils, just like there is in the NHS

[@thesaltycabbage]

Most of them don't, I've only seen my manager in our building 4 times in 4 years.

[@timothyasher3077]

Because it's so easy, and nobody will question it

[@kingoftheblank7840]

I hate this country more every day..

[@simonbroddle754]

The country or the "rulers"?

[@FinancialHealth-ku1ry]

Then LEAVE LIke you chose with your failed Brexit, lol

[@Slartibartfast1]

​@@FinancialHealth-ku1rygive it up, grow up and move on!

[@geoffrey4540]

That what they want for you to give up

[@bigfoot-o9w]

Nothing wrong with Brexit. ​@@FinancialHealth-ku1ry

[@markscript5746]

This will continue despite the publicity because the Councils do not care what the public think

[@jdizzle1779]

While your council tax goes up no less

[@RSRP-y23]

This story is BS.

[@madmelwood3778]

They will claim they are working while on holiday

[@TheDodger74]

Same as the Government!

[@timg1246]

​@@RSRP-y23Why do you say that ?

[@Marky6566]

Working in the Caribbean?? Are these council workers West Indian by any chance?

[@RSRP-y23]

Probably...

[@alanfrost4661]

Bet on it bro

[@JimmyJimmyRiddle]

try to bag the bottom bunk 🤭

[@superrrnova1986]

My friend works for my local council in accounts, and he said a bunch of foreign people went back home, and lots seemed to emigrate while COVID was kicking off, and were able to distance work.. My friend also tried going to Brazil for 6 months last year, which they reluctantly allowed, but then changed the rules to say you must at least be in the EU if you're going to work abroad. In theory, people like my friend who are experiencing different cultures, travelling, while carrying on their normal workload is okay imo. I don't feel comfortable for people to be living abroad while working for my counci, though. They should get a job in their own country.

[@Shaun-sn6nn]

Flying magic carpet crew

[@anneevans1083]

What the hell is going on in this country?

[@jenniferjuniper12]

It feels like everything is being allowed to fall apart and it makes no sense.

[@sg-zd8eb]

It’s the new world order. Read up on agenda 2030. It will explain everything.

[@psiinc]

Many of us were sounding the alarm bells several years ago that fell on deaf ears. Finally the masses are waking up to “one world order”- open borders in the western world creating unbearable crime & chaos.

[@FlashGormless]

We are ripped off by all councils and government and we are getting really pissed off with the piss poor service we are getting.

[@davidmiller7203]

This is why reform want to win the councils vote reform to end this crap

[@RSRP-y23]

Hope not. My daughter had to move 300 miles away to afford a house. The only way to pay is to take her job with her. Trust me..these workers are not living the high life

[@timg1246]

​@@RSRP-y23In the Caribbean ? Seriously ?

[@MarekBobosik]

yeah sure Jen, vote for boomers from Reform, and all the boomer truths surely go away. False truths about diversity, equality, and so on.

[@timg1246]

​@@MarekBobosikOK. But what has that got to do with council workers working from a Caribbean beach ? All we ever get is your distraction.

[@sweeta17]

@@RSRP-y23 i have seen videos where people live and work in beautiful places and said they love it . work so many hours daily and the rest of the day / eve they enjoy themselves in the tropical islands . and that their offices are by the beach like in the pic at the satrt .

[@thedarknesscallingme]

Working from home is one thing, working from a sunny foreign beach is frankly taking the piss

[@tomwalters2529]

Define 'work'. Sifting through emails and commenting is about as tough as it gets for our 'precious ones'! lol

[@RSRP-y23]

@@tomwalters2529 my daughter works from home for local government and works incredibly hard along with the rest of her team and many others. These are a privileged few

[@madmelwood3778]

100% agree

[@jacquelineh9248]

They will be earning a lot more than the Caribbean locals

[@laurach.5550]

I agree. But actually you can be productive even on a beach. In case of council staff of course it is different, as living in the area where the council they work for is oocated is crucial

[@jebjeb1498]

What an absolute joke country we have become.

[@Shaun-sn6nn]

We are subject's . Belong to defender of the faith. Medieval system. Not fit for today's taxpayer's world

[@jebjeb1498]

@@Shaun-sn6nn nothing to do with that to my mind.Letfist therapeutic weak mindset more like and the huge sense of entitlement that exploits it.

[@Shaun-sn6nn]

@jebjeb1498 more establishment that permanently exploit it

[@daleparker8518]

Drain the swamp, too many jobs in the council/NHS that are a plague to the system.

[@petew5289]

@@daleparker8518 nhs manages pay bill £1.1 billion

[@MarkGilligan4]

Start with the Unions, curtail them and the NHS would be far more efficient, less wasteful and easier to run so not needing as many managers who for the most are union members.....

[@timothyasher3077]

Of course, they don't now what a days work is

[@butlerpa100]

What do you expect from Labour run councils.

[@MarkGreenwood-vk4fw]

It's irrelevant if it's Labour or any other party. Councils are split into executive and non-executive. The executive professional staff are apolitical and remain there no matter which party gets in.

[@CatrenaTucker-ft7zr]

That's why most labour councils are bankrupt.

[@TTLTP]

Government size needs to reduce. General public can't afford the luxury life of Government employees 😢

[@inferis1990]

"Net 0" - jet setting staff...

[@GBNewsOnline]

Great point!

[@superrrnova1986]

My council tax bill is expected to rise 13.5% this year, a lot down to net zero.. Literally taking it from all angles now on net zero.. The lunatic government. Energy companies.. And now the councils.. We're being taken for a ride, folks. Anyone working abroad for councils should have their contract terminated immediately

[@TaxingIsThieving]

It's always the case, believe me.

[@inferis1990]

@@superrrnova1986 Seems like an easy way to have a GDPR breach to.. It's disgusting in my opinion!

[@jasonbuksh2958]

They will save money on heating ....

[@leetaylor5350]

I would just love to see everyone unite and stop paying their council tax

[@Runtherder]

You'd like to see the people that councils social care teams deal with such as the elderly and vulnerable children suffer? Because that's where the vast majority of council budgets go. Without your council tax what do you think would happen to them?

[@Prospero-z1s]

​​@@RuntherderMaybe a million less people coming into the country putting unsustainable stress on our services would help? I've seen first hand how stretched social services are.

[@Kirk-e6c]

They can just take it from the magic money tree like they do with wars, illegal immigrants and overseas payments, illogical amounts of money to pay public pensions, corruption jeez do you want me to go on. If the sick and poor are are gonna suffer that's because these arsoles want them to. They always have and will do.

[@SoniaAchieng]

​@Runtherder Why do you pay tax then? Local councils send the money to central government anyway, do you research

[@allsearpw3829]

WITH HOLD

[@indiechana9771]

Remote working should be illegal in public service jobs! End of!

[@janicebirch7522]

As so should be striking by doctors!,

[@danielhornby5581]

There are many public service jobs which don’t require people to be in an office. This argument seems to be based on envy. That said, I also can’t agree that U.K. councils should be allowing people to work from abroad. How can you make someone accountable if they’re in another land?

[@bufon63]

👏👏👏👏👏

[@patruddick]

and dangerous

[@mchaplin66]

@@danielhornby5581 no it skiving the real workers i the office over for these creeps and at no extra pay

[@xxxxxx2072]

Everyone should leave this ridiculous system. Britain is done.

[@michaelspencer6108]

I got out of the UK 36 years ago I could see this coming. I have never looked back.

[@Shaun-sn6nn]

A medieval system that's sick

[@Shaun-sn6nn]

A medieval system that's sick

[@rememberme3852]

Get every labour councillor out all across our lands. Our children's safety and future depends on it. Get them out.

[@michaelb2228]

Two points. The initial one is about the security of the data being worked on and those it concerns. And, secondly, how can those managers supposedly in charge of these folk actually know that the individual is the one actually doing the work?

[@sh.4409]

They have Pakistanis that have moved back home working remotely for hmrc.

[@alisonjmiller5339]

I think it is the managers doing most of the holiday taking.

[@superrrnova1986]

True. Great idea.. Maybe we could get loads of council jobs and outsource the work to the third world?

[@thebaldconvict]

"The initial one is about the security of the data being worked on and those it concerns" VPN, unless you mean if the equipment got stolen which is just as likely if not more likely in parts of the UK. "how can those managers supposedly in charge of these folk actually know that the individual is the one actually doing the work?" I very much doubt they are paying other people to do the work for them haha

[@thebaldconvict]

@@sh.4409 So?

[@Lonerstoner512]

We have to pay far too much for a holiday when the kids are off school. If we take them when they in school we get fined by these same councils 😂😂😂 oh the irony

[@mycatspethooman5590]

I can't even afford a holiday

[@RSRP-y23]

@@mycatspethooman5590 Neither can the council home workers. Trust me..this story is about a privileged few

[@user-fb4fx6mp5r]

@@RSRP-y23did you watch? 😂

[@Shaun-sn6nn]

Your paying for this

[@JonnyR1981]

30s into the video and a GB presenter is talking about tax dollars. They are called £ 😅😅😅. Apart from that there are very valid issue that could be addressed. Remote working is not an issue with modern technology and certain jobs. Accounting for example.

[@deb7834]

Are these people natives of the country they're working from.

[@alanfrost4661]

Yo bet bro arm a counceal woker right

[@DC3Refom]

​@@alanfrost4661 You cant even spell council for ooovs sake , what do you actually do not ur jb description

[@dreeandbill]

Good grief!! We need to stop paying our Council Tax altogether!!

[@petew5289]

1in4 £ of council tax goes on public sector pensions

[@DodiSage]

😮

[@jillmaltby]

Why should Council tax be going onto Public sector gold plated pensions

[@joejoejoe4577]

I understood it was 1 in £3.

[@joanneferndale101]

😳😲😳

[@petew5289]

it could be 1in£3 for some councils

[@gasmonkey1000]

Feudal nobles were less corrupt than this

[@madmelwood3778]

Exactly

[@danuk500]

Yep the managers were doing this when I briefly worked for a LHA back in 2020. Working in the public sector was certainly an eye opener.

[@HenryWilkinson-c5n]

Adjust their salaries to match the country they’re working from. 75k in Britain is roughly equal to 24k in the Caribbean. Saves us taxpayers 51k in the process. 👍

[@andymoore9977]

An inspired observation! TY. Why don't we just out house all our council admin jobs to India at 10% of UK wage rates? There is a huge untapped wealth of talent in India, many with excellent degrees and management skills.

[@janehutchins2229]

stop their high cost living payments they get on top of their salaries

[@amgry5461]

This country is a joke

[@Scott.f]

It's defo not street cleansing staff, ground maintenance or highways we have worked as normal through covid the lot.

[@bowjana8128]

Yep while managers make massive money making spreadsheets at home

[@jebjeb1498]

Yes you actually work not just 'employed'.

[@YvonneCairns-c9u]

Things needs to change in all departments and governments for the greater good of Britain.

[@methiandbin]

British people must awake now

[@woofolliesmydog8628]

Oh, they’re working from home alright, living in Jamaica, doing Eff all, getting paid over £70k. This country is a joke.

[@FedUpBrit-p1l]

Looks like their jobs could be subcontracted overseas. And replaced by cheaper employees.

[@RSRP-y23]

No....they are all here

[@madmelwood3778]

😂😂😂❤❤yep xxx

[@pauljarratt5775]

If the case why are bills higher then

[@mikehunt4265]

​@@RSRP-y23but in another reply you said your daughter had to work 300miles away to afford a house? You also said in another reply that this story is a lie, Make your mind up mate and stop talking shit

[@typicalsomeone5073]

How many are just going home?

[@ML-xh1go]

Those council staff working abroad should be sacked, they are no doubt receiving taxpayers money as a salary and then of cause spending their taxpayer’s money in a foreign country, so no support for their own country, we should all stop paying our council tax until these people are sacked or they return, put up the list of councils who are allowing this absurd practice,

[@madmelwood3778]

Donr forget the expenses they will claim xxx

[@allsearpw3829]

WITH HOLD

[@phfrank888]

I expect they get expenses for Air-conditioning.

[@thebaldconvict]

"Those council staff working abroad should be sacked, they are no doubt receiving taxpayers money as a salary" Like they would if they were here.... "and then of cause spending their taxpayer’s money in a foreign country" Like most of the country buying from Amazon and such.... At least they aren't making thousands of jobs for foreign companies that pay their staff so little that they have to claim UC on top just to eat.

[@williamhenderson90]

Vote Reform to save this country from these free loaders.

[@MarekBobosik]

your delusions amaze me...Do you really believe somehow corruption goes away as soon as you vote in another party? Where in history did it ever happen? Do you really think boomers from Reform UK will sort out the mess the boomer generation onward caused?

[@Shaun-sn6nn]

Vote 🗳 guy fawkes

[@AndrooUK]

Means they're sackable... obviously not essential.

[@brianpenny-o7e]

The job is at a desk in a Council Building in the Uk Those outside the UK dismissed asap unless they return to UK in 7 days !!!

[@Lepanto2024]

Lets call it what it is: freeloading by the usual suspects. We all know

[@northnsouth6813]

I rang Kirklees council customer services the person I spoke to couldn't help me as they have been working from home since covid!

[@CatrenaTucker-ft7zr]

They need to be made to go into the offices or be sacked

[@northnsouth6813]

@@CatrenaTucker-ft7zr Just sack them, they won't be missed.

[@m4d-fx]

probably why you can only get phone appointments from anyone as 'all working from home'

[@andyhealey5769]

How can the Labour government tell council staff not to take these trips when Starmer is never here.

[@nlorand9033]

Yet pensioners who paid into the system live abroad due to various reasons have their pensions frozen at the time of departure. Never risen with inflation etc

[@Sophie-cw7bf]

Can we reduce how much they are earning per year and use that money to help the homeless in our country

[@timothyasher3077]

This is why the councils are skint.

[@timb0077]

Most homeless people are homeless by choice.

[@alvinasun8055]

stop paying tax. Every single person in the system abuses system and spends our money the way they like

[@allsearpw3829]

WITH HOLD

[@HenryWilkinson-c5n]

We must be mad… literally MAD! 😡

[@toniit5166]

Disgusting! I don't know how much more the British people will take!

[@makeitwork3929]

The bottom line is council tax is unlawful and this would have never happened in the days of rates and rates would be an average of 50 pounds per month today. Why are these people walking over us?

[@shorty5346]

Caus you all are very obedient

[@immaterialimmaterial5195]

STOP PAYING COUNCIL TAX EN MASSE?

[@allsearpw3829]

WITH HOLD

[@alcbaz]

Why are journalists now asking the public to ask the questions for them. Why doesn’t GB news go ask all these questions and then report when it has the answers. This just sounds like sensationalised click bait.

[@deanwalker38]

Nobody's asking, are these scummy snivel servants being paid a working wage while on holiday for doing SUPPOSEDLY working.

[@madmelwood3778]

No need to ask cos we all know they are.. payment protection

[@thebaldconvict]

Nobody is asking because the video said they are.... Why would they be working if they weren't getting paid?

[@DJAMAJD]

I can guess that not one of them that worked abroad was British born too 🤦‍♂️

[@everymanisyourteacher9951]

Let’s assume I work for a council and get paid 3k a month with 2k rent and bills. Why would I stay in the UK if I can work from Timbuktu and paid 500 quid rent and expenses a month?

[@Christina-g4s]

Someone gets it

[@blueroyals71]

That's not working from abroad.....what you describe is job relocation. Working from abroad you pay your rent/mortgage plus what you do the other side but most would be with family.

[@Christina-g4s]

@@blueroyals71 wrong, the information NOT being said is you MUST return to the UK every 90 days for a period of 90 days. shortest tenancies are 6 months. so yes, you live abroad 6 months of the year, but you pay 12 months worth of rent in the UK. And you're subject to UK taxes on income, and these people are actually contractors working for the councils but with the worst of both worlds. can be let go at the drop of a hat, no holiday or sick pay, and taxed like PAYE. i personally know people in this set-up. why live in the cities with the "free Palestine" lot when you can go abroad and not have to deal with them like you would in English cities

[@everymanisyourteacher9951]

@ I will do the same if I had the opportunity. The goal is to save money. Besides, why would anyone care when those who set the roles doesn’t abide by to them. You can’t beat ppl and gag them not to cry😁

[@everymanisyourteacher9951]

@ I equally know lots of ppl who work from home for Tower Hamlet council. Guess what? Most of them go on the piss from Monday to Sunday and won’t even reply your emails on Mondays due to hangover. The presenter is making a fuss simply because ppl work from the Caribbean and elsewhere. So what is the difference?

[@jonminson5770]

The frightening thing is that I'm not at all surprised.

[@HalfBlindAssassin-i5q]

do we pay roaming charges for them too ?

[@Johntwoflags]

Unbelievable unbelievable this country.

[@mmins274]

Vote Reform

[@mathewgurney2033]

My sole contact for an entire council department, who must be supposed to be dealing with dozens of cases, is on holiday until the 20th with no stand-in. This is people lives they are screwing with. Positivity for the new year = zero.

[@thebaldconvict]

I assume you take leave also?

[@mathewgurney2033]

@@thebaldconvict When people take leave, in a government department dealing with thousands of peoples lives, the organisation they serve should need to organise cover, replacements, secretarial. This is not a part-time hobby business, this is national governance. For the next twenty days, nobody in this council district who has any particular department business with the authorities, can do so. The position in question covers a district of some two thousand homes and families.

[@thebaldconvict]

@@mathewgurney2033 maybe something for your authorities whistleblowing policy then?

[@mathewgurney2033]

@@thebaldconvict I wish i had your faith that ANYONE is watching the watchers. It's nothing but unaccountable Karens alllll the way down at this point.

[@lawrencechristie3818]

That's why we can never get though by phone. They won't let us speak to a supervisor. They have incorrectly taken & owe me more than £5,000 yet won't commit to solving the problem.

[@lookingforthewhy6447]

I'm so angry that I am speechless.

[@Capricorn2800]

If you work for a council which is paid for by the people of this country you should be in the country at your desk otherwise get a job as a travel agent

[@darylhake3289]

Why am I not surprised..💯🤬

[@AlecO-xh8rt]

At this point, the UK is just a massive joke. -a US spectator.

[@einsteinscat1591]

Actually we should make all Council staff work from home. That way we could sell all the currently underused Council buildings and save on all the associated running costs. BINGO 😊

[@brianparkhurst1019]

Great, don't be jealous and I can't blame them. I have no desire to live in the uk anymore either.

[@cfowler7936]

Our bins and recycling are over flowing from Christmas. 🤔

[@newshades7009]

They Finnish work at lunchtime

[@jaysparrowhawk9388]

There’s a good argument to bring back clocking in cards and only paying them for the hours they work

[@thebaldconvict]

It's really much more simple though isn't it.... You get given an expectation of what work to complete that week. If it is completed then what is the problem? If you wanted them to do more then they should have been given more. No need for clocking, no need for micromanagement just really simple "Why didn't you finish XX last week?"

[@asumazilla]

Arent the govt in danger of missing out on Tax revenue with these moves?

[@jdizzle1779]

And food spend. There is no real benefit for the country

[@Christina-g4s]

Nope, just the staff can have cheaper rents and expenses living abroad. They have to return home every 90 days anyway.

[@asumazilla]

@Christina-g4s It was a rhetorical question.

[@nickwarren-fg3cn]

Agreed, go into the blinking office. Lets go back to the days of when you don't go in, you don't get paid.

[@Christina-g4s]

Yeay, more people to sit in traffic jams with us, and more rental space occupied pushing rents higher. Such a great idea.

[@W2xyz66]

Like reform mps😂

[@laurach.5550]

This has nothing to do with working from home

[@thebaldconvict]

@@laurach.5550 This has everything to do with working from home, it's just a lot of people are suprised that home doesn't have to be in the UK.

[@DrewSpencer1]

Do they still get their +£3k Inner London Weighting allowance too??? Presumably they’re not important Frontline, so we need an Elon to “efficientize” them all 😀

[@heretic1414]

Now I understand why I can't get in touch with the council!

[@robertcreighton4635]

Fantastic where do i apply. Good advert cheers 🍻

[@russell.s4771]

… and our councils will be working out how much they can increase our council tax too whilst reducing the services. It wouldn’t surprise me if Starmer doesn’t remove the 5% increase cap.

[@6haybay]

To employ more dei and multicultural staff

[@chrisweston9764]

i think that might be the case - if they employ someone whose family is abroad and there's some sort of emergency that means they need to (and can) work remotely for a certain amount of time

[@np939427a]

Piss take to the UK taxpayers, Sack the bloody lot" Even the council Plebs in #Majorca

[@LucyKelly-of6cu]

What is the nationality of the workers? Have the jobs been outsourced to other countries? Which parties have done this?

[@thetimeisnow6822]

Go to work or don't get PAID.

[@thebaldconvict]

They are? Did you miss that bit?

[@shelleyphilcox4743]

The public sector contracts out work to overseas companies to the tune of billions! How is this different? In 2020 we spent £18bn with overseas suppliers fulfilling needs in the public sector, from IT product and services to construction and the rather vague sector of 'Consultancy'. You could pay a council IT helpdesk worker to help you online from Jamaica, or you can pay a multinational consultancy company to subcontract the IT function to a helpdesk worker in Bombay. Neither are in the local office.

[@Epsilon24]

It's all compromised and we do nothing.

[@FinancialHealth-ku1ry]

Serves you right for being so lazy!

[@TheRahsoft]

i say let them do so... but with conditions - assuming full legal responsibility for any breach of GDPR by the remote worker. - pay will be reduced to that of the local rate that you are working from. - no compensation or benefits( accrued etc) whilst out of the country( that also means no NI- so no entitlement to health care- you will have a qualifying period- say about 1 year minimum should you choose to return), no pension contribution etc. - all govt agencies which you claim benefits from , for ANY reason will be informed( so they will stop or better still be cancelled and you have to reapply)

[@mycatspethooman5590]

No wonder you can never get an answer on the phone

[@AndreaLowther-s5e]

Too busy sunbathing...

[@Jamal-Ahmed786]

My only cause for concern would be if they're not doing their job properly and delivering the service to the required standard. I couldn't care less if they're working on a beach or from home

[@headrushuk]

Stop paying council tax its so simple

[@kylemenos]

You first m8.

[@RSRP-y23]

This story is BS. Its a privileged few

[@headrushuk]

@kylemenos been fighting it for a while i written and asking where consent has taken place ? . I want an invoice . Also what contract have i signed . Im not paying for illegals if you are using for illegals i withdraw my consent and will hold my funds in a seperate account untouched . Problem is people you wouldent ever do anything rather put snide comments for likes

[@allsearpw3829]

WITH HOLD

[@Runtherder]

This really is a non issue if you look at the breakdown of figures. 2000 staff over 4 years is 500 per year. There's 317 councils in the UK so that's less than 1.5 members of staff per authority. For further context there's 1.18 million employees so when you divide that by the 500 per year this only affects 0.042 of the workforce.

[@thailandsnippets901]

Irrelevant I'm afraid. A public servant should be there to serve the Public, not overseas on holiday.

[@Runtherder]

@thailandsnippets901 how do you know they are on a holiday? They could be there to see a dying relative and rather than nothing be done and projects halt whilst they are away they choose to work, not for their own benefit but for the public. Does the PM stop all work because he's abroad? Do people in the private sector not work from different countries?

[@thebaldconvict]

OMG don't bring facts in here 😂

[@TheCrakkle]

Power needs to be recovered from the civil sevice and returned to the voters, our MP's need to be held to account

[@jillmaltby]

We are being taken for fools 🤬

[@cp4512]

What the hell! How is the council leader allowing this to happen?!! I’m disgusted. My taxes are being pi55ed away by corrupt idiots 🤬🤬🤬

[@TimRichmond-n3f]

Earn under the Tax amount, pay nothing towards the Governments money handing out spree and get a couple of side hustles.... be wise people and play outside the box.... If you don't live in the box....you don't have to think out of it :)

[@gerrymills3332]

GB news we do not pay tax dollars!

[@butlerpa100]

They need sacking if they don’t go into their designated place of work. Their contract of employment should not allow work from any other place than council offices

[@factsofmotivationofficial]

I have an explicit work from home contract. The issue is how can you go on holiday abroad and work, your either going to spoil your holiday or not work!

[@saulwillsher8763]

Is this why our council tax office is shut from 1pm , time difference

[@henryfoulkes7793]

I don’t care where they work as long as they do it.

[@17rebirth]

Islington is run from the Caribbean, now that explains a lot! Keep diging, you will find out a lot more dirt! !

[@manonthemoon2007]

They're just trying out different exotic locations that they can retire to on their fat pensions.

[@janehutchins2229]

remember they have also kept their high cost living payments meant to pay their train fares high rents and mortgages.

[@oldshiny3012]

tax dollars whats he talking about here in the UK its tax pounds

[@monkeybombsgoboom]

How can you serve the local people if you are not with the local people??

[@nicolagregory8723]

Doesn't surprise me

[@TheFrenzy1978]

I am quite sure this is illegal, isn't it? Every time I have applied for a job, it states that you must be in the UK.

[@Christina-g4s]

Wrong, it's perfectly legal as long as you return back every 90 days for a period of 90 days