twin-tracking

twin-tracking
   British
   sinecures reciprocally given to each other by sympathetic politicians in neighbouring administrations
   Thus the councillors of one district are paid, albeit absent, employees of another, to the councillors of which they provide similar situations, leaving both of them able to devote their energies to retaining office without the distraction of having to earn a living:
    ... the bill will seek to limit the politicisation of local authorities... ending so-called 'twin-tracking', where councillors are offered well-paid posts in sympathetic neighbouring councils. This has been used by left-wingers to build up a power base. {Daily Telegraph, June 1989 — an example was the notorious arrangement between the politicians in Leeds and Wakefield)

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