The only other option is to pay £800 a day for an interim manager.

Rubbish.

Andy, York,

Well done Fenland District Council in Cambridgeshire for doing the right thing instead of the polular thing.

Hilary, London,

What is the (self appointed?) Taxpayers Alliance?

Chris, Birmingham,

I notice that this is a Tory council - not a Labour one!

Andrew, St. Ives, Cambridgeshire,

Brilliant,
The cost saving stands out a mile.
Refreshing to see a local council using some initiative at last.
A valued employee doing a good job who wants to emigrate.
Where some would see that as a problem this council have adapted the situation to suit everyone.
Brilliant.

Shaun, Newcastle, Tyneside

Councils love finding new ways of wasting taxpayers money. Until they're audited and their chief execs are personally made responsible for any overspend, this sort of thing will continue.

If only we could change our local government providers in the same way we can our telecoms.

Paul, London,

Whats the problem? He was being paid £100k a year for 5 days work a week now it's £20k for the year, for 1 day a week, seems logical to me. Who cares if he's in Oz or Cambridge.

peter, Chelmsford, UK

Harper and Claxton should have their heads examined if they think that a local authority "needs" any particular individual in that role. Finance executives in local government are two a penny. How hard did the council try to recruit a replacement? Local government has delusions of grandeur.

patrick n., sudbury, suffolk, uk

£20,000 for a good job is better than £800 for a non-job. If he was never in the office anyway why does it matter. As they said he did a great job and so long as he continues in this manner than great for the council and us.

John Bird, Leeds, UK

I have worked from home via broadband for 7 years so it is irrelevent to question where he works but 20K for a days work per week seems excessive, why cant the person doing the other 4 days work do the extra day. I think council tax payers should know why this man is so indespensible

barry, Hornchurch, UK

How hard is it to find someone decent to replace him? Surely he has a notice period and in that time, they can recruit someone equally qualified. Disgusting use of public money.

Sascha, London,

Can we do the same with Gordon please?

Frank Upton, Solihull,

Perhaps councils and other top-heavy organisations could save money by outsourcing all their senior executive functions to somewhere like India, where (we are told) skills are just as good as here and wages are a lot lower.

Chris K, Cheltenham, uk

I don't see why it matters where Mr Taylor works - the issue should be whether or not he does a good job - just as long as the taxpayer doesn't fund a "relocation allowance", I don't see what the issue is. Every taxpayer can sun themself in warmer climes - initiative, people, initiative!

Marco, Sunny Kraków, Poland