SNP - Cant Have It Both Ways!

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A public spirited citizen got in touch last night (after reading my blog) to ask if I knew that the SNP leader of Clackmannanshire Council, Cllr Ellen Forson, also works in the constituency office of Keith Brown, the local SNP MSP.

Now the leader of Clackmannanshire Council is paid a  salary of £30,000 a year and the role is designated as a full-time position, as are council leaders and senior councillors in Scottish councils.

Yet Cllr Forson is also employed as Keith Brown's Office Manager according to council's register of interests which is quite remarkable, given the demands and responsibilities of a council leader - which is why they receive a full-time salary in the first place.   

Now the salary of Keith Brown's office manager is not disclosed, but what can it possibly be - £25,000 or £30,000 a year?

If you ask me, the public deserve to know and there ought to be an urgent enquiry into what appears to be a common practice of 'gaming the system' on councillor salaries - right across Scottish local government.

Keith Brown, by the way, has been an MSP since 2007 and is currently the Scottish Government's justice minister, as well as being the deputy leader of the SNP.

 

Cllr Ellen Forson - SNP leader of Clackmannanshire Council

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