Councillors’ attendance and expenses revealed
Councillors' attendance records as well as their pay, allowances and expenses have been revealed in figures released by the council today. (more…) Read more...
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Councillors' attendance records as well as their pay, allowances and expenses have been revealed in figures released by the council today. (more…) Read more...
By NEIL RIDDELLSIC councillors’ allowances and expenses cost the public purse almost half a million pounds in the last year, according to official figures released from Lerwick Town Hall this week.The bulk of the £476,152 spend was accounted for by the 22 councillors’ £15,838 annual a... Read more...
Councillors’ allowances and expenses cost the public purse almost half a million pounds in the last year, according to official figures released this week.The bulk of the £468,593 spend was accounted for by the 22 councillors’ £15,838 annual allowance, coming to a total of £348,437, along... Read more...
By RYAN TAYLORIt may come as no surprise to either his party or his constituents, but MP for Orkney and Shetland Alistair Carmichael has come under the glare of the national media for his high travel costs.During the last financial year Mr Carmichael claimed £40,841 in travelling expenses,... Read more...
By RYAN TAYLORIsles MSP Tavish Scott has distanced himself from national media claims that he has been milking the expenses system at Holyrood.The Scottish Liberal Democrat leader said he had fallen prey to a “straight smear” from a Sunday newspaper which claimed he had refused to s... Read more...