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Record High: Six-Figure Council Salaries Surge, Taxpayers Face Colossal Council Tax Hikes

The TaxPayers Alliance reports a record high of nearly five thousand UK council workers earning six-figure salaries this year, with over one thousand two hundred fifty-five pulling in more than one hundred fifty thousand pounds annually – a fifteen percent increase from last year. This surge means three hundred twenty staff now out-earn the prime ministers salary, while six councils that declared bankruptcy since 2020 still handed out over one hundred twenty-four pay packets above one hundred thousand pounds last year.

Meanwhile, families face the biggest council tax hikes since 2004, averaging four point nine percent or one hundred eleven pounds more per household – hitting two thousand three hundred ninety-two pounds for a standard Band D property in England. Town halls blame cash shortages while slashing bin collections, pothole fixes, and library hours.

The backlash is real, with four thousand seven hundred thirty-three total bosses over one hundred thousand pounds and three hundred sixty-six topping two hundred thousand – a nearly forty percent jump. Westminster leads with ninety-two six-figure earners, and Cambridge dished out two hundred twenty-two thousand five hundred fifty-nine pounds in one exit payout.

Taxpayers are left questioning the value as these trends climb, especially with more tax rises and service squeezes on the horizon – time to hold local leaders accountable for every pound.

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