The number of staff employed by Northamptonshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner has almost trebled and wage spend nearly doubled in the 18 months since he started his job, latest figures have shown.

A Freedom of Information request has revealed PCC Adam Simmonds employed 12 staff at a cost of £729,100 when he began his new role in November 2012.

By March 31 this year, the number of staff had risen to 34 and the associated costs had increased to a total of £1.4 million.

Reported by the Northants Telegraph. You can read the full story here. 

Matthew Burgess
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I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.