On 2 March 2010, Barnet Councillors approved their allowances for 2010/11 as determined by an Independent Remuneration Panel.
Just four months later and only 10 weeks after the election, senior Councillors now say the allowances are inadequate and have voted through huge increases for the leader, deputy leader and cabinet members. They have deferred £7,200 of their increase this year to balance the budget and next year costs will rise by £15,228. However there is no certainty about future years. This should be set in the context that Barnet Councillors' allowances already cost £1.4 million per annum.
At a time when everyone is being asked to make sacrifices, when local authority pay is frozen and services are being cut, we the undersigned do not believe it is appropriate for Councillors to have pushed through this new set of allowances.
We ask that the councillors rescind this decision and return to the allowance scale agreed at the Council meeting on 2 March 2010.
Updates
August 4, 2010
The petition has now reached 250 signatures. This level of engagement confirms that residents expect fiscal responsibility from their local representatives.
Reached 250 supporters
August 2, 2010
Reached 100 supporters
July 23, 2010
6 Comments
Why should they get a raise when the rest of us have frozen wages? totally unfair
Absolute joke. While they cut our services they line their own pockets. Greedy.
Ridiculous. Nobody asked for this. We are all struggling with the economy and they just give themselves more cash. Shame on them.
They should be focused on the community not their bank accounts. Disgraceful behavior from local leadership.
Not one penny more for them till they fix the roads and stop the service cuts. unbelievable
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On 2 March 2010, Barnet Councillors approved their allowances for 2010/11 as determined by an Independent Remuneration Panel.
Just four months later and only 10 weeks after the election, senior Councillors now say the allowances are inadequate and have voted through huge increases for the leader, deputy leader and cabinet members. They have deferred £7,200 of their increase this year to balance the budget and next year costs will rise by £15,228. However there is no certainty about future years. This should be set in the context that Barnet Councillors' allowances already cost £1.4 million per annum.
At a time when everyone is being asked to make sacrifices, when local authority pay is frozen and services are being cut, we the undersigned do not believe it is appropriate for Councillors to have pushed through this new set of allowances.
We ask that the councillors rescind this decision and return to the allowance scale agreed at the Council meeting on 2 March 2010.
Updates
August 4, 2010
The petition has now reached 250 signatures. This level of engagement confirms that residents expect fiscal responsibility from their local representatives.
Reached 250 supporters
August 2, 2010
Reached 100 supporters
July 23, 2010
6 Comments
They promised to balance the budget then did the exact opposite. stop the greed now.
Why should they get a raise when the rest of us have frozen wages? totally unfair
Absolute joke. While they cut our services they line their own pockets. Greedy.
Ridiculous. Nobody asked for this. We are all struggling with the economy and they just give themselves more cash. Shame on them.
They should be focused on the community not their bank accounts. Disgraceful behavior from local leadership.
Not one penny more for them till they fix the roads and stop the service cuts. unbelievable
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They promised to balance the budget then did the exact opposite. stop the greed now.