Another highly paid consultant at West Northamptonshire Council

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West Northamptonshire Council is paying a consultant £900 a day to fill its assistant director of education role.

Chris Kiernan was taken on by the authority in May after it failed to find a suitable permanent candidate.

The news of the amount he is being paid comes after NN Journal exclusively revealed last month that the authority is paying legal office…