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Article: HIGH COST OF OUR COUNCILLORS ; Pounds 26m went to members last year and poorest boroughs handed out most
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- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- November 13, 2006
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COUNCILLORS in London are claiming more than Pounds 26 million a
year in allowances.
An Evening Standard survey has found some of the poorest boroughs
in the country paying their members in excess of Pounds 1million a
year.
Allowances are now generally considered to be pay for fulltime
borough leaders. A number earn more than Pounds 50,000 while the
capital's three directly elected mayors each earn in excess of
Pounds 70,000.
The cost to taxpayers will increase further tomorrow when a
report recommending higher allowances is rubberstamped. Critics