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<p> </p><p>The Government regularly receives representations from concerned taxpayers
on the levels of remuneration offered to senior local government officers. Whilst
councils are independent employers we have taken steps to increase transparency and
accountability on these local decisions.</p><p>Under the Localism Act, councils are
required to publish an annual pay policy statement setting out their approach to pay,
in particularly senior pay. In guidance to which all councils must have regard when
preparing their policy statements, we have said that full council should to vote on
senior salaries and exit packages of £100,000 or more.</p><p>Through the Transparency
Code councils are required to publish on-line a range of workforce information including
details of senior salaries for employees earning £50,000 or more and detailed organisation
charts.This will further open up senior pay to greater public scrutiny. We also published
“50 ways to save” a practical guide on how councils can make sensible savings in their
budgets. This includes either cutting senior pay or looking at sharing chief executives
and senior management teams. I would note that Ministers in this Government cut their
salaries in 2010 and then froze them for the rest of this Parliament.</p><p> </p><p><strong>
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