Cost of ministers' special advisers hits £8.4m

[Pete]

"The cost of ministers' special advisers has risen to £8.4m following a rise of more than £1m in the past year.

There are now 103 "spads" employed to give advice over and above the work carried out by civil servants, up from 98 last year, official figures show.

They include a total of 26 working for David Cameron in Downing Street and 20 working for Nick Clegg."

Maybe if either of them knew what they were doing, they wouldn't need so many advisers. Pity they didn't spend the money on something that benefited the taxpayers...

http://bbc.in/1AzycTG