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Councillor pay was a point of contention at the first meeting of the Cumberland Council this week.

Support for new parents has been written into Carlisle City Council policy and the councillors calling for the changes have called it a win for…

Serving councillors who are elected to the new authority, will receive their allowance for both councils during the shadow year.

A committee of councillors from existing authorities will recommend a members’ allowance to their predecessor.

That is a 10.25 per cent increase from the previous salary of £12,117.24, which representatives received in the financial year up to April 2019. That is the last comparable year as the financial year ending April 2020 included the election, with changes in councillors. Councillors who hold key roles on committees receive special allowances. The citys highest-paid councillor is Green Party leader Phelim Mac Cafferty, who earned £40,258. He is the current leader of Brighton and Hove Cit...

Historic monument damaged

He fled the country for almost 10 years

Lincolnshire county councillors reject increase in allowances for 2021  | Updated: 17:27, 11 December 2020 By James Mayer, local democracy reporter County councillors have unanimously rejected plans for their allowance increase for 2021 in a council meeting today (Friday, December 11). Leader of Lincolnshire County Council, Coun Martin Hill (Con) proposed that “allowances stay the same this year as they were last year, so the effect of that is no rise at all which I think is only the ri...

Boy, 4, asks Santa for village cross to be fixed “Losing the Metheringham Cross has made me Metheringham cross” Marcus, 8, and Nicholas, 4, were both left feeling sad about the cross damage. | Photo: Leanne Ellul A young boy from Metheringham has asked Father Christmas for the monument in his village to be fixed after it was damaged in a crash. The monument fell off its podium after the van collided with it, and smashed to pieces, with loose parts being kept at Metheringham Parish Council�...