article_snippet: Wakefield Borough Council insisted Elaine McHale retirement  had been spoken about for 'some time' before the four serious case reviews were announced.
article_snippet: Critics have today demanded an end to the 'merry-go-round' at the top of councils where staff on huge salaries are allowed to resign or retire after scandals only to quickly find a new 'cushy' job.
article_snippet: More has to be done to bring this merry-go-round to a grinding halt.'
highlights_snippet: Wakefield Borough Council insisted that retirement had been spoken about for ‘some time’, and timing was coincidental to reviews .
  