Tonight's Full Council is the last meeting of this administration before the Local Elections in May. Apart from approving the Budget (you can see the Conservative amendment HERE) councillors will consider an officers' report on their allowance.
The Independent Remuneration Panel of London Councils LINK is suggesting a basic allowance of £11,045 for 2018-19 this compares with the present allowance of £10,201. Last year the allowance was uplifted by 1% rather than being set at the IRP's higher recommendation of £10,703. If Full Council were to approve the IRP figure it would represent at increase of 8.27% on 2017-18.
In addition to the basic allowance councillors receive additional allowance for the roles they undertake. The Brent officers' report that Brent pays an allowance to a higher proportion of councillors than the IRP's recommendations of 50%.
Detailed decisions will be made after a review by the new administration but the report recommends the allowance for some committees to be paid only if the members take training and they recommend adoption of an additional travel allowance for councillors with disabilities.
The present Members Allowances can be seen in detail HERE
In addition to the basic £10,201 the Leader of the Council, Cllr Muhammed Butt, gets another £39,748; Deputy Leader Margaret McLennan another £28,968 and Cabinet Members £19,087.
The Independent Remuneration Panel of London Councils LINK is suggesting a basic allowance of £11,045 for 2018-19 this compares with the present allowance of £10,201. Last year the allowance was uplifted by 1% rather than being set at the IRP's higher recommendation of £10,703. If Full Council were to approve the IRP figure it would represent at increase of 8.27% on 2017-18.
In addition to the basic allowance councillors receive additional allowance for the roles they undertake. The Brent officers' report that Brent pays an allowance to a higher proportion of councillors than the IRP's recommendations of 50%.
Detailed decisions will be made after a review by the new administration but the report recommends the allowance for some committees to be paid only if the members take training and they recommend adoption of an additional travel allowance for councillors with disabilities.
The present Members Allowances can be seen in detail HERE
In addition to the basic £10,201 the Leader of the Council, Cllr Muhammed Butt, gets another £39,748; Deputy Leader Margaret McLennan another £28,968 and Cabinet Members £19,087.