Changes to pay for senior councillors in Falkirk have been agreed in a bid to make the council more inclusive - although some Independent members were left feeling left out in the cold.
The amount paid to councillors increased by 5.2% on April 1 this year, taking the salary of an ordinary councillor up to £19,571.
The pay rise was automatic, after the Scottish Government introduced a new mechanism in 2017 that tied councillors' pay to the median annual earnings of public sector workers in Scotland. The council leader's annual wage of £39.148 is also fixed by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 2004.
