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  Councils have spent the last year recruiting hundreds of people to 'non-jobs' while claiming government cuts have forced them to cut frontline services.
  Despite the fact the public sector has been ordered to make cuts, a survey has found local authorities have created more than 4,000 new posts since the last election.
  Councils have advertised for posts such as 'Healthy Walks Co-ordinator', 'Woodfuel Development Officer', 'Active Women Officer' and 'Gypsy Romany Traveller Community Cohesion Officer'.
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  Local authorities up and down the country have been closing libraries and sacking lollipop ladies, claiming the financial squeeze made this unavoidable.
  The survey shows that most councils are reducing staff. But a total of 205 have created some 4,148 new posts since last May.
  Jobs include 'walking co-ordinators', 'obesity strategy officers' and 'active' workers, whose job it is to persuade the public to take more exercise.
  
  Good old Eric Pickles attacked the 'irresponsible' coucils until it was revealed on Twtter that his dept had hired a computer bod to enhance his on line presence at the cost to the tax payer of £142k per annum.

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