Originally Posted by claytonender (Post 683424)

Well this councillor is now sigining off as it is well past her bedtime.

Originally Posted by Robert Owen (Post 683410)

Sorry about that, but it really ought be on the councils website. I'll look into it, but I can't think why information like that isn't on the website.

The point about Chief Executives salary,the bigger the authority the bigger the salary. Hyndburn over the years has struggled to keep its top officers. We just can't compete with much bigger authorities.

Originally Posted by shakermaker (Post 683146)

Rather than being an ideological debate forum, we have candidates who are on opposite cheeks of the same hairy ass.

Originally Posted by Neil (Post 683491)

So where does that put the independents?

Originally Posted by Neil (Post 682896)

The amount of money he gets in expenses has nothing to do with subsistance. The issue for me is that he should not have to spend his own money when away on business. I don't and I don't think anyone should have to.

Originally Posted by garinda (Post 683590)

I said right at the begining of the 'Living off the fat of the land thread' that no one should be out of pocket whilst undergoing public duties.

The ironic thing is that thanks to Jaysay 'releasing' the information that Cllr. Britcliffe actually spent £12.30 on his evening meal whilst in London, that that would have been comfortably covered by the increases recommend by the independent body as an evening subsistance allowance.

Some councillors chose to ignore the independent recommendation, and more than doubled the old allowance.

If they'd have accepted the independent body's recommendation, which we now know thanks to Jaysay would have easily been sufficent, there would have been no headlines in the press, no outraged letters in the papers, and no threads relating to councillor's allowances and expenses on here.

Hell, there wouldn't even have been the quote from Cllr. Britcliffe, to write a guide book if anyone knows of anywhere in London blah, blah, blah.

:D

Originally Posted by turkishdelight (Post 683597)

Just out of interest how much is the allowance currently for an evening meal?

Originally Posted by garinda (Post 683607)

It's reported the old level was 'just over £10', and is now £25.

I've no doubt that an increase was probably due, as the independent body also found. After all even with low inflation the price of everything else has also gone up too.

The problem came about when some councillors chose to ignore the independently arrived at limit, and set their own.

Which by any standard, especially in these financially challenging times, is a massive percentage increase.

I bet nurses, and lots of other important key workers, wish they too could vote to award themselves similar massive rises.

Council makes a meal of rises - News - Accrington Observer

Originally Posted by turkishdelight (Post 683597)

Just out of interest how much is the allowance currently for an evening meal?

Originally Posted by garinda (Post 683590)

I said right at the begining of the 'Living off the fat of the land thread' that no one should be out of pocket whilst undergoing public duties.

The ironic thing is that thanks to Jaysay 'releasing' the information that Cllr. Britcliffe actually spent £12.30 on his evening meal whilst in London, that that would have been comfortably covered by the increases recommend by the independent body as an evening subsistance allowance.

Some councillors chose to ignore the independent recommendation, and more than doubled the old allowance.

If they'd have accepted the independent body's recommendation, which we now know thanks to Jaysay would have easily been sufficent, there would have been no headlines in the press, no outraged letters in the papers, and no threads relating to councillor's allowances and expenses on here.:D

Originally Posted by claytonender (Post 683630)

Prior to the recent increase the allowance for an evening meal was £10.24.

Originally Posted by turkishdelight (Post 683646)

The booklet named vision that is delivered through individuals doors costs the Labour county council 350,ooo pounds. I ask the question could this money not be put to a better use? Is this not a waste of finances?

Originally Posted by Royboy39 (Post 683644)

And possibly no clocking up Air Miles (Post Count) in single posts as opposed to multiple quote posts....Andrew...show him how to do it will you? :)

Originally Posted by garinda (Post 683648)

Perhaps your polling card, which clearly shows the ward you live in, got hidden in a copy of Vision.;)