At a recent Senior Staff Panel meeting, Councillor Howard Jones, Leader of the Conservative Group in Kingston, demanded to know why a substantial raise in salary for 2 senior staff members, in the new positions they were appointed to, should be held in private with no public participation.
Councillor Jones said “We’re looking at a rise in salary for two senior members; one in excess of £97,000 – £107,000 per annum and one at £140,000+ per annum, which were not open to scrutiny and were decided by a closed in-house panel.
“The Chief Executive is paid over £240,000 a year and the remuneration packages for senior staff exceed what is appropriate in this day and age, when so many are getting by on fixed or reduced salaries and continue to pay the highest Council Tax rate in London, together with some of the heaviest utility bills in the country.”
Kingston Conservatives pledge to reduce higher levels of pay within Kingston Council.
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