Seven South Lanarkshire Council employees were paid almost £1million between them last year.When pension contributions are included, the seven highest-earning employees – including former chief executive Lindsay Freeland – pocketed £1,095,328 between them in 2018/19.That’s a decrease of £1688 from the previous year.Despite the overall decrease, all but one of the seven saw their pay increase while six of the seven employees paid more than £100,000 last year were men.The figures were released by the Taxpayers’ Alliance, a right-wing pressure group which has received heavy criticism for failing to disclose its own finances.