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Labour is going through a backlash over a key internet zero position being marketed with an annual wage equal to £255,000. The Chair of the Low Carbon Contracts Company, sponsored by Ed Miliband’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, would earn £102,500 a yr to work two days per week.

It is equal to a full-time wage of £255,000. But the job advert has sparked a backlash from politicians and campaigners.

Tory peer Lord Mackinlay, who chairs the Net Zero Scrutiny Group, instructed GB News: “The LCCC is yet another Government quango few will have heard of which is merrily adding to the black hole of Net Zero waste.

“This newest marketed position of chairman at an enormous part-time wage speaks volumes about their strategy.

“Limitless taxpayer cost for a pointless endeavour. Close it down.”

Elliot Keck, head of campaigns on the Taxpayers’ Alliance, added that taxpayers “will be furious at this latest example of Whitehall waste”.

“As services suffer and hard-working families face rising bills, ministers are supposed to be making savings, not handing huge sums to back-office bureaucrats.

“It’s excessive time these extraordinary pay packets and woke non-jobs have been scrapped and treasured assets centered on frontline providers.”

A Government spokesman mentioned: “The role represents good value for money as the chair plays a crucial role in the LCCC and ESC Board.

“One of the Board’s duties is to take care of authorized challenges, which if not dealt with appropriately may have a number of million-pound value implications.”