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Originally Posted by Neil
I found this listing Councillor allowances
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I would like to add I didn't take the 26% pay rise so I got around £3,000 (£4,150) with no extras. I have just turned down for the forthcoming year last years 26% rise again.
I don't claim travel as its part of the job and I manage like ordinary folk do with childcare.
Of the £3,000 the exchequer gets a third with taxation and donations to affiliations take up another couple of hundred. Obviously mileage and phone calls account for a some of what is left. I also lose a lot in wages with time given up.
I am not against councillors being payed a fair amount, however given the poor state of the council should we be rewarding ourselves?