SOUTH Lakeland district councillors have voted themselves an increase in allowances in line with inflation but committee chairmen will get a 100 per cent rise to bring them on a par with their counterparts on other local authorities in rural areas.
Committee chairmen did get an extra £750 on top of the £3,000 received by every member of the council.
But they will now receive an extra £1,500 "to reflect the increasing demanding role" of the job. T
here are six committee chairman sitting on planning, licensing, general purposes and the three scrutiny committees.
April 11, 2003 09:00
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