SNP and Councillors Pay
John Swinney keeps telling us the Scottish Government has no money to spare - that their coffers and cupboards are bare!
So why are SNP Ministers pushing for a completely unjustified 19% pay increase for local councillors which will cost the taxpayer an extra £8 million a year!
Money For Old Rope (August 14, 2024)
SNP ministers are proposing a bumper 19% pay rise for councillors at a time when other public spending is being frozen.
What a terrible waste of public money!
Especially when the bulk of the extra funds come from designating all Scottish councillors as full-time when most are currently part-time - and have second jobs/incomes.
Bumper Pay Rise For Councillors (August 11, 2024)
Well done to The Sunday Post for highlighting a bumper 19% pay rise for elected councillors at a time when the rest of use are being told councils are trapped for cash and - 'there is no more money'.
A 'backbench councillor' is currently paid on part-time (two thirds of full-time) basis, but going forwards all councillors will be regarded as full-time and their salary will jump to £25,300 a year - even though many of them have other jobs.
Meanwhile Scotland's council workers who are threatening to strike are being offered a pay rise of just 3.6% this year!
