A report was submitted to the District Council Meeting on 24th February, by Councilor Maurice Jones, (Biggleswade District Councillor), Portfolio Holder for Finance, Governance & People.
This report recommended :
1. that the Council resolves to make no changes to the Members’ Allowances Scheme for the year 2011/12.
2. that a meeting of the Independent Remuneration Panel be convened in the summer of 2011 to review the Scheme and submit a report to the Council.
In other words whilst workers are having pay freezes / reductions and are being sacked, the Councillors Allowances would remain untouched.
Something went wrong because the BBC News web site are carrying a report, that Conservative Council leader Tricia Turner said:
"At the meeting to discuss the cuts we asked councillors to consider reductions in their allowances."
I find it amazing that they could ever consider maintaining their allowances whilst people are losing their jobs. We will see, if after considering these reductions, they actually reduce them. Just remember, we are all in this together.
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