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Originally Posted by Tealeaf
Here's a little sum.
MP's salary = £65K. Assuming the house meets fully 150 days a year, 8 hours = 1200hrs. £65K divided by 1200 = £54pds per hour.
I'll guess at £8,000pds average allowance for Councillors (I could be way out)
£8,000pds divided by 18 = £444pds per hour.
Draw your own conclusion.
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I think your figures are a bit out.
Here are my sums.
MPs salary = £65k. Assuming they work 60 hour weeks = £20 per hour.
Councillor's expenses = £5k. Assuming they work about 25 hours a week = £4.80 per hour.
Plus, that doesn't factor in MPs expenses which would bump things up and the out of hours that Councillor's do which would reduce their hourly rate.
Hard working Councillors also pay a lot of out their own pockets that they can't claim back - for example every time they go somewhere they are fleeced for raffle tickets and donations. I suspect they're usually out of pocket!!!!