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Originally Posted by steeljack
sorry about the above posts , but how old ( years) is this woman who has been elected ? .... seems to me she is just another old recycled Labour politician who can claim 'legal' expenses to top up her pension .. bit like the woman ( from Rossendale who was kicked out from the County Council and ended up as a director of the Queens Park (Royal) Hospital
and who says local poitics suck
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I'm sorry to burst your bubble, but if you think that being an opposition councillor is in any way a lucrative deal then you should try it.
You don't usually get to chair any committees (£1,500 per year extra, on average), there are dozens of meetings to attend each month, ward work with the residents, e-mails and telephone calls to answer every day and a lot of earache for a monthly take home pay of around £250.
It equates to around one day's pay each week and is bloody hard work for those who really want to make a difference. I'm rarely one for telling someone that they are out-and-out wrong but in this instance I'm afraid you are.
Just look at the committee chair places that our esteemed leader has awarded himself and compare that to any opposition councillor:
Councillors - Peter Britcliffe