Council Fat Cats Who Earn More Than Prescott and Mcconnell ; Bosses' Salaries Soar As Taxpayers Are Hammered

Mail on Sunday › January 25, 2006

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SOARING wages have seen five Scots council bosses top the pay of the First Minister and the UK's Deputy Prime Minister, it was revealed yesterday.

The news comes despite a warning from local authority umbrella group Cosla that council tax across Scotland could rise by 4.5 per cent, almost double the rate of inflation.

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Council Fat Cats Who Earn More Than Prescott and Mcconnell ; Bosses' Salaries Soar As Taxpayers Are Hammered

Almost a quarter of the working population is employed in the low- pay public sector, but a Scottish Mail on Sunday survey of salaries for l...

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