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    Audit Commission suspends search for chief executive

    Audit Commission suspends search for chief executive

    Salary veto prompts end of CEO search at the Audit Commission

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    Author Date published June 16, 2010 Categories

    The search for a new cheif executive at the Audit Commission has been put on
    hold after the government blocked the salary package of £240,000, according to
    the Daily Telegraph.

    The salary was vetoed local government minister Eric Pickles who claimed it
    was against the “spirit” of austerity in public spending.

    The commission said interim CEO Eugene Sullivan would remain in place for the
    foreseeable future.

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