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Originally Posted by Ken Moss
It would seem that it is still going ahead. The Leader of the Council intimated that any councillor could reduce their allowances in private without making it public.
For the record, every member of the Labour group has signed a statement to say that they will not be taking the 3.6% increase next year. I personally will happily do what I feel is right and keep myself publicly accountable, regardless of whether it is regarded as 'gesture politics' or 'tokenism' by the Conservative group, labels which seem to have replaced 'good news' as new buzz words.
The public put me where I am, they deserve to know what is happening with their money.
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As well as not taking any increase from 1 April I have reduced my allowances by 7.5% from the 1 March. I know we have been instructed not to make any 'token' gestures and to reduce our allowances in private, but I am not prepared to be dictated too by the leader of another party.