More than 2,600 council employees received over £100,000 in pay between 2018 and 2019, a report has revealed. The TaxPayers' Alliance found that 2,667 council staff pocketed six-figure sums, the highest number since 2013-2014, with 667 employees earning more than £150,000.
It comes as residents in every council across the UK will face increased taxes this month. The TaxPayers' Alliance's 13th annual Town Hall Rich List shows that 226 more employees received total remuneration in excess of £100,000 in comparison to the previous year and 32 local authority workers earned over £250,000.
The highest-paid local council employee in the UK, North Lanarkshire's chief officer for health and social care, received £615,550.