Councillors voted against taking a pay cut at a tense meeting of Knowsley Council tonight.
A special meeting had been called to discuss a Knowsley Labour group proposal to freeze councillor’s allowances in the light of the cost of living crisis – with the £20k saved by forgoing rises going towards care leavers in the borough.
However, a counter resolution was put forward by the leader of the opposition, Green party councillor Kai Taylor, to go one step further and approve a 5% pay cut.
