Senior Glasgow Councillors Share 400,000 Payments for 'Arm's- Length' Organisations Labour and Snp Party Members Receive Extra Pay for Work On Bodies Created or Funded by Council Investigation by Paul Hutcheon

Sunday Herald › August 25, 2009

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SENIOR Glasgow councillors are sharing aroundL 400, 000 in top- up payments for sitting on bodies funded by the same local authority. Dozens of politicians on Glasgow City Council are benefiting financially from the current administration's policy of setting up or bankrolling" arm's-length" organisations to deliver public services.

All the beneficiaries represent either the Labour party or the SNP.

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Senior Glasgow Councillors Share 400,000 Payments for 'Arm's- Length' Organisations Labour and Snp Party Members Receive Extra Pay for Work On Bodies Created or Funded by Council Investigation by Paul Hutcheon

The revelation follows moves to professionalise councillors' pay by the last Labour-led Scottish Executive.

As a result of the reforms, councillors receive a minimum salary ofL 16, 234 as well as pension rights.

In practice, local authorities can also hand out a ...

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