Greenwich Council has been allocated £7m to boost employment in the Borough. But Labour chose to use £4m to create 250 new positions lasting just one year. Of the remaining £3m, over half went on management and contingency fees. This means every new job has cost £17,200 to create and a further £4,160 to manage. Charlton Team member Richard Shackleton said: “The £1.8m which Greenwich has chosen to store or use for extra managers could have created an extra 104 jobs.