We don't think so!!!!!
As residents in the borough start to watch their pennies. As the councils workforce gets smaller due to layoffs and redundancies, as the councils workforce are having to accept a pay freeze and in some areas even a pay cut...........where are the councillors feeling the pain?
We have now heard that from next month the councils workforce are having to face even more pain, those who in the past been in a position to claim their mileage for travel that is work related will not be able to make those claims anymore. The Essential car Allowance has gone, BUT only for the councils workforce, these cuts do not apply to Councillors they will still be allowed to claim their mileage. WHY?........what makes it so essential that councillors can claim their mileage?
Also coming in April is the fact that the councils workforce will have to pay to park their cars at work, either at the Civic or Town Hall and any other council sites. BUT, again this does not apply to Councillors, WHY?........ why do councillors not have to pay to park their cars?
It seems to us to be very much a case of "don't do as we do, do as we say".
When you consider that a fair number of the councillors have 2 or 3 incomes going into their household pots, they wont be feeling any of the pain that their residents and their workforce are feeling.
Shame on them.
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