Government’s value for money tsar to be paid £950 a day

The government’s new value for money tsar will be paid a day rate of £950.

David Goldstone will take up the position of chair of the new Office for Value for Money, Chancellor Rachel Reeves said during her budget on Wednesday.

She said Mr Goldstone would “help us realise the benefits from every pound of public spending”.

He will be in post for a year and is responsible for providing advice to the chancellor and chief secretary to the Treasury to save money by reforming systems and improving policy outcomes.

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Mr Goldstone is expected to work a monthly average of one day a week.

It equates to an annual salary of just under £50,000. If the post was full time it would work out at more than £240,000 a year.

Mr Goldstone’s role is independent and he is not an employee of the Treasury.

He is also a non-executive director of the Submarine Delivery Agency and HS2 Ltd.

He previously worked as chief executive of Parliament’s Restoration and Renewal Delivery Authority and chief operating officer at the Ministry of Defence.

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Mr Goldstone oversaw the government’s investment of £9.3bn for the 2012 Olympics, which included the Olympic Park venues and infrastructure.