Town Hall Rich List 2010

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Who earns what in the council

Fifteen council employees are paid in excess of £100,000 a year according to a new report by the Taxpayers' Alliance.

The ‘Town Hall Rich List’ highlights local government staff across the country whose total remuneration exceeds £100,000. Ealing Council refused to provide names of staff or full salary details to the TPA but lists the positions.

According to the 2008/2009 figures Ealing’s Chief Executive, plus three Executive Directors received an increase of 2.5% on the previous year. The Chief Executive earned £172,937 - and three Executive Directors (Regeneration and Housing, Environment and Customer Service and Corporate Resources) were paid between £120,444-£133,011.

The TaxPayers' Alliance say town hall executive pay appears to be insulated from the wider economic reality.

"Town Hall bosses have had a very good recession at taxpayers' expense. More of them than ever are earning massive amounts and they even enjoyed a healthy pay rise while everyone else was suffering pay freezes, cuts or redundancies,” said TPA Policy Analyst John O’Connell.

“It is unfair that these public servants have been having a whale of a time while the ordinary taxpayers who fund their generous deals have been struggling to survive the recession. Now that most councils are in financial trouble, these senior managers must take serious pay cuts to help make ends meet.”

The TPA say the average pay rise for the council staff on the Town Hall Rich List is five percent. This is compared with a 2.7 percent pay rise for nurses and a 2.3 percent pay rise for teachers.

Since the TaxPayers' Alliance published its first Rich List in 2007, the number of senior staff receiving such large sums has soared. This latest report shows that trend continuing despite the recession.

 

April 7th, 2010