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Article: pounds 620,000 'wage bill' for council duties; DETAILS OF MEMBERS' EXPENSE CLAIMS ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.(News)
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- Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
- Article date:
- June 20, 2000
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EXPENSES for Cov- entry city councillors came to almost pounds 625,000 for the last financial year, it has been revealed.
The "wages bill" topped pounds 602,000, with another pounds 20,000 being added on for councillors' trips at home - but not those taken abroad.
The full lists were posted in city libraries and other public places yesterday and will remain on display for four weeks.
Deputy council leader Cllr John Mutton (Lab, Binley and Willenhall) said: "These allowances are designed to cover costs incurred by councillors for their work, such as ...