Record number of town hall fatcats bagged six-figure salaries last year despite council tax hikes, report reveals

A RECORD number of town hall fatcats bagged six-figure salaries last year, a report says.

Some 3,906 got £100,000 or more in 2023-24 — up by 801 on the year before.

Glasgow Chief Executive Annemarie O’Donnell — where council tax is up by 7.5 per cent — earned £567,317 in salary and pension contributions in 2023-24

The findings, unearthed by the TaxPayers’ Alliance , come as households are today clobbered by an average 5 per cent increase in council tax.

The figures show 1,092 penpushers got £150,000 and above last year compared to 828 the year before.

For those on £200,000 and above, the jump was from 175 to 262.

Best paid last year was Annemarie O’Donnell, chief executive in Glasgow — where council tax is up by 7.5 per cent — who got £567,317 in salary and pension contributions.

Reform chief Nigel Farage claimed councils are “fundamentally broken”;.

He said: “We must send in the auditors, get rid of the fraudulent contracts and cut wasteful spending.”;

John O’Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers’ Alliance, said: “It’s a record-breaking year in many respects for taxpayers as the country hurtles towards a record tax burden , all while the public sector continues to feather its nest.

“As our latest town hall rich list demonstrates, the number of council staff with six-figure remuneration packages has surged at the same time that services are being slashed.”;

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