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Originally Posted by Tickler
you either didnt say or you were not asked HOW do you know they are claiming expenses and where have you got the information from
secondly do you know just how many councillors DONT claim any expenses ???
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All councillors get a basic allowance of just under £4,500 with 60p per mile for council business. The chair of each committee gets an extra £1,500 per committee and these are currently allocated by Peter Britcliffe:
Councillors - Peter Britcliffe
The allowance for Leader of the Council was increased a few years ago to £21,000 and there are also much smaller allowances for other senior positions.
Mayor Malcolm Pritchard is the only councillor not to claim any expenses due to his personal situation. It's not my place to discuss it in depth but it's all perfectly above-board and not something that anyone would decry as irregular.