Interesting quote from Neil Rogers in today’s Leader:-
“He and fellow members HAD donated their pay increase to charities in the Wrexham area and that he believed the majority of members would follow suit”
At the risk of being cynical, this tends to indicate that acceptance of the pay rise was a done deal prior to the vote being taken by full Council and that Labour members are extremely philanthropic towards local good causes.
Or maybe there is a second interpretation, that there is some degree of prevarication in the statement made.
I treat with some degree of scepticism the statement that there was no alternative to accepting the increase recommended by the IRPW. The Review Body for the NHS made recommendations to Government regarding pay increases for NHS staff, but the Government refused to accept them and imposed their own settlement. Surely it is within the powers of the less than useless Welsh Assembly, or indeed Local Authorities to accept or reject RECOMMENDATIONS!!!!!!