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Originally Posted by davemac
If councillors wanted to improve services they should give up the pay and allowances system, and be a voluntary servant to the people again.  |
You could say that about MPs too but there's the old saying you pay peanuts you get monkey's, in this day and age its a none starter, people have to get time of work to carry out council duties. Councils are now multi-million pound businesses that is why they now pay allowances, so as to attract people with enough nous to do the job in hand