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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
Neil, the thing is that in days gone by they did it for pride...for the local area.
I don't know whether local councillors make lots of money...and it really depends on what your definition of 'lots of money' is.
If councillors are making 30,00 per year( and I don't know if they are or not) that is a very nice earner.
No-one is saying that they should be out of pocket......but neither should it be the main income (unless they are spending 40 hours a week doing the job).
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I quoted the highest which is the leader of the council which in my opinion is a full time job if the leader is any good. It's not just the hours put in that people see, it's the late night calls and meetings with residents most people never hear about.
In days gone by councillors were mainly business men who didn't need the money and maybe did it for other reasons. Do you really want the only people making decisions to be those people now?
Here is a link to the document I read about who got what expenses wise so you can see the wide spread depending on if they were a councillor for the full year and if they sat or chaired other committees etc
http://www.hyndburnbc.gov.uk/downloa...ances_1415.pdf