Essex County Council spends £874k on private health...

Essex County Council spent almost £1 million on private health insurance for employees over three years, despite needing to make £49 million in cuts.The council's £874,640 private healthcare bill for last year and two years prior to that covered 300 employees and their families, including its executive director for corporate and customer services, Margaret Lee, who last year earned a total package salary of £150,000 and claimed £1,291 in medical insurance.Ms Lee is...