As taxpayers have been hit by a fresh wave of council tax hikes, council officials will not be feeling so glum. It turns out, as taxpayers save their pennies to pay their councils, 3,106 officials pocketed more than £100,000, while 829 cashed in £150,000 in 2022-23. A record high figure of pen pushers having higher wages than even the Prime Minister…

These figures, revealed by the Taxpayers’ Alliance, come as consistent calls about stretched budgets and struggling services dominate the local headlines and worries arise as over 40 councils claim to be on the brink of bankruptcy. Perhaps the surge in town hall salaries has something to with it…

John O’Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers’ Alliance, said:

“The new financial year has seen council tax soar across the country, and taxpayers will notice that top brass pay has simultaneously surged. Residents can use these figures to ask whether precious funds are really going towards frontline services, or whether town hall bosses can get better value for money.”

Nice work if you can get it…