Councils. Is It The Same In Sheffield - Everywhere?

[cressida]

6 minutes ago, Palomar said:

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.

Not surprised it's often something like that.

[HeHasRisen]

This has nothing to do with local councils as such @cressida, it's a salary paid by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority

 

https://www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/the-mayor/

[RollingJ]

1 hour ago, HeHasRisen said:

This has nothing to do with local councils as such @cressida, it's a salary paid by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority

 

https://www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/the-mayor/

Which still comes out of your taxes

Edited June 2, 2023 by RollingJ

[hackey lad]

2 hours ago, HeHasRisen said:

This has nothing to do with local councils as such @cressida, it's a salary paid by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority

 

https://www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/the-mayor/

Cressida was asking is it the same in Sheffield 

[HeHasRisen]

2 hours ago, hackey lad said:

Cressida was asking is it the same in Sheffield 

Well no, because it's a mayoral authority. No idea what the South Yorkshire equivilant gets upto. 

[RollingJ]

4 minutes ago, HeHasRisen said:

Well no, because it's a mayoral authority. No idea what the South Yorkshire equivilant gets upto. 

Very little, from what I see.

[El Cid]

3 hours ago, hackey lad said:

Cressida was asking is it the same in Sheffield 

All councils use the same pay scales, I believe they work off a green/purple book. Used by all councils in England.

 

 

https://www.local.gov.uk/our-support/workforce-and-hr-support/local-government-services/green-book-payscales-and-other-7

Edited June 2, 2023 by El Cid

[Anna B]

I think a council is very much about the  calibre of the people it has working in it.

The councillors in other words.

What you don't want is staid old jobsworths who think they know it all. Certainly experience can be important, but I'd much rather have someone with vision and practical ideas, and the dynamism to bring them to fruition. They also have to do a much better job of fighting Sheffield's corner, and promoting Sheffield to businesses and organisations who might want to set up shop here. (And they won't want to do that with the current campaign to discourage car use which has reduced footfall in the city centre and other hairbrained schemes.) 

 

We now have a very expensive Council, MP's, a mayor, a CEO of the city, a police commissioner and god knows what else, who are supposed to be working towards just that, but you wouldn't know it looking at the state the place is in... 

Other councils seem to be surging ahead of Sheffield. Why is that?

Edited June 2, 2023 by Anna B

[cressida]

I don't know about surging ahead but does Sheffield compare satisfactorily with other councils,  i.e.  number of visitors,  once people are within the city boundaries it would be fine,  but from what I've noticed it's not as accessible as other cities.  Tourists bring money and Sheffield has plenty of events and places to stay.

 

Joke - if we ever needed a Fort Knox then Sheffield would be on the shortlist.

 

 

[alchresearch]

Is your local council boss earning up to £600k? 
A list shows some 721 council officials are paid more than £150,000, almost as much as the £164,951 Rishi Sunak earns as Prime Minister

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/04/19/3000-town-hall-bosses-paid-six-figure-salaries/