Council expenses cost taxpayer 3m Argyll and Bute Scotland's most expensive authority
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SCOTLAND'S councillors claimed more thanL 3 million in expenses last year on top ofL 22. 4m in salaries, according to new official figures. In recent days, all 32 local authorities were forced by law to publish councillors' salaries and expenses for 2008-09, showing spending on travel, accommodation, meals, phones and IT.
Analysis by the Sunday Herald shows that the average expenses claimed per councillor ranged fromL 325 in the country's smallest authority, Clackmannanshire, toL 6004 per head in the largest, ArgyllSee the full content of this document
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Council expenses cost taxpayer 3m Argyll and Bute Scotland's most expensive authority
The Scottish average wasL 2486.
Under a complicated remuneration formula, all 1222 councillors earned a basic salary of at leastL 15, 000, ...See the full content of this document
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