Blackpool Council's 10 staff earning more than £100k with total wage bill of £1.2m
The annual wage bill for Blackpool Council’s chief officers has gone up again with 10 people on the pay roll now earning more than £100,000 – taking the total cost to around £1.23m.
Director of public health Dr Arif Rajpura is listed as having remuneration totalling nearly £136,000. The figures include pension contributions. Also earning more than £100,000 are the chief officers for children’s services, adult services, resources, community and environmental services, communications and regeneration, strategy, and governance and partnerships.
John O’Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers’ Alliance, said: “Taxpayers facing a cost of living crisis want to know they are getting value for money from their local authority leadership. With households having suffered through the pandemic and now struggling under colossal tax bills, the country needs councils to prioritise key services without resorting to punishing tax hikes.