EXCLUSIVE: The sum was around nine times the amount spent over the previous year.
Cash-strapped Glasgow Council has shelled out over £6m in golden goodbye payments for staff while slashing services. The sum is the largest amount in ten years and works out at an equivalent of £62,284 per person.
The data, which covers a decade, shows over £1m was paid in 2017 to just nine staff while the figure for 26 employees in 2020 was £1.8m. These these figures were dwarfed by the massive £6.3m paid out last year to 102 individuals. Tory MSP Alexander Stewart said: "These payments will stick in the throat of hard-pressed taxpayers. Savage SNP cuts to council budgets mean that Glaswegians are paying more, but getting less in return as vital services are axed or severely slashed. This culture at the SNP-led council, who should be focused on delivering value for taxpayers, should be curtailed.”
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