Another £280k for One Barnet Staff

Another day sees yet more staff recruited to manage the One Barnet programme. Today's Delegated Powers Report shows that the Council will recruit another project manager and three support staff at a cost of £140k per annum (excluding on costs) for a fixed term of two year. For a project that won't let a contract for another 18 months, it really seems to be proving an expensive process. It also seems rather strange that at a time when the council are making hundred's of staff redundant yet more One Barnet staff are being recruited. When will someone stand back and start asking some searching questions about the costs and benefits of this entire One Barnet Programme?