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Annual bill for North Yorkshire councillors’ allowances set to exceed £1.6m
The proposed 3.6% inflation-linked increase would raise councillors' total annual allowances to over £1.6 million, reflecting growing workload and budget pressures, officials said.
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Annual bill for North Yorkshire councillors’ allowances set to exceed £1.6m
The annual bill for North Yorkshire Council’s member allowances is set to rise to more than £1.6m.
·County Durham, United Kingdom
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The annual bill for North Yorkshire Council’s member allowances is set to rise to more than £1.6m. An independent panel has proposed that councillors receive an increase linked to the rate of inflation of 3.6 per cent for 2026/27. The rise would take the basic allowance from £17,340 to £17,964 for the upcoming financial year. The proposal follows a two per cent increase last year which followed a ten per cent rise on the year before that. Allow…
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