Glasgow in the Spotlight
Glasgow City Council is in the headlines again - over controversial 'top up' salaries paid to some of its local councilllors - see post dated 2 April 2011: 'Glasgow City Council'.
THe Herald newspaper has another twist to the story today - as a new call is made to end these payments - which have been widely criticised.
Glasgow City Council leader Gordon Matheson promised to crack down on the payments - which can earn councillors an extra £20,000 a year - on top of their existing salaries.
Glasgow has been told by an independent watchdog - the Scottish Local Authorities Remuneration Committee (SLARC) - to axe the system.
The Herald article says that Finance Secretary John Swinney has intimated that - if re-elected at Holyrood - the SNP will move quickly to abolish Glasgow’s controversial system.
Good for him
Yesterday, the head of SLARC again called on the council to address the practice “before it gets any worse”.
Chairman Ian Livingstone said:
“These enhanced payments are untenable and put Glasgow out on a limb. We recommended to ministers they should be stopped and believe that should be as soon as possible, before the situation gets worse.”
THe Herald newspaper has another twist to the story today - as a new call is made to end these payments - which have been widely criticised.
Glasgow City Council leader Gordon Matheson promised to crack down on the payments - which can earn councillors an extra £20,000 a year - on top of their existing salaries.
Glasgow has been told by an independent watchdog - the Scottish Local Authorities Remuneration Committee (SLARC) - to axe the system.
The Herald article says that Finance Secretary John Swinney has intimated that - if re-elected at Holyrood - the SNP will move quickly to abolish Glasgow’s controversial system.
Good for him
Yesterday, the head of SLARC again called on the council to address the practice “before it gets any worse”.
Chairman Ian Livingstone said:
“These enhanced payments are untenable and put Glasgow out on a limb. We recommended to ministers they should be stopped and believe that should be as soon as possible, before the situation gets worse.”
