Councils. Is It The Same In Sheffield - Everywhere?

[cressida]

Good grief,  I don't believe these salaries register with the electorate it's taken as a matter of course imo. (over their heads)

Greater Manchester's previous deputy mayor will stay in a paid position for another six months as her employment is extended until the end of the year. Baroness Beverley Hughes, who formally resigned in January from the role which oversees police, crime, the criminal justice system and the fire service, has been working part time in a newly-created post since she stepped down.


Under the title of 'assistant deputy mayor', the former Labour MP has been helping her successor - who was also once an MP in Trafford - as she settles into her new job. She has been paid the same annual salary of £89,900, but on a pro-rata basis to reflect the hours she works – two and a half days a week.




This means Baroness Hughes will receive £45,000 over the year – around half of what the new deputy mayor Kate Green will earn. The unelected post which was created by mayor Andy Burnham has now been extended until December.
 

Edited June 1, 2023 by cressida

[hackey lad]

2 minutes ago, cressida said:

Good grief,  I don't believe these salaries register with the electorate it's taken as a matter of course imo. (over their heads)

Greater Manchester's previous deputy mayor will stay in a paid position for another six months as her employment is extended until the end of the year. Baroness Beverley Hughes, who formally resigned in January from the role which oversees police, crime, the criminal justice system and the fire service, has been working part time in a newly-created post since she stepped down.


Under the title of 'assistant deputy mayor', the former Labour MP has been helping her successor - who was also once an MP in Trafford - as she settles into her new job. She has been paid the same annual salary of £89,900, but on a pro-rata basis to reflect the hours she works – two and a half days a week.




This means Baroness Hughes will receive £45,000 over the year – around half of what the new deputy mayor Kate Green will earn. The unelected post which was created by mayor Andy Burnham has now been extended until December.
 

Ridiculous 

[cressida]

Same council members get voted in again and again,  demoralising for so many people.

[RollingJ]

Anyone smell something here? A 'former MP' shouldn't need that much help to 'settle in'.

[cressida]

True,  hope it's not Sir Graham Brady who is  not standing in the next G.E.

[RollingJ]

1 minute ago, cressida said:

True,  hope it's not Sir Graham Brady who is  not standing in the next G.E.

Don't think it is Brady -  unless he's transitioned - her replacement is a 'she'.

[hackey lad]

6 minutes ago, RollingJ said:

Anyone smell something here? A 'former MP' shouldn't need that much help to 'settle in'.

Yep , "friends" of the King of the North 

[cressida]

Oh dear,  must have been thinking of another thread😉

[Janus]

Re OP, 

I don't think these people will be concerned with the ongoing inflation when they go shopping. It is hard to understand how their work /responsiblity is compatible with the money they are being paid. It is easy to spend the tax payers money eh.

[Palomar]

When I worked in the council the head of our obscure department earned more than a headteacher, could only type with one finger and openly admitted she just rang similar departments in other councils and asked them how they did it.