Some 608 council employees earned packages worth more than the prime minister's £150,000 salary.
Almost 2,500 council executives received pay packages worth more than £100,000 last year, according to a report by campaigners calling for lower taxes.
Wirral and Birmingham councils came second and third respectively in the top 20 of the"highest remunerated" bosses in 2017-18.
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