- More than 300 local council employees across the UK earned over Sir Keir Starmer’s £172,153 official salary during the 2024-25 financial year.
- The TaxPayers’ Alliance (TPA) annual Town Hall Rich List report revealed that 320 council workers out-earned the Labour leader, a third more than the previous year.
- A total of 4,733 council employees in Britain and Northern Ireland are now paid more than £100,000, marking the highest level since the TPA began its record-keeping in 2007.
- Within this group, 1,255 individuals earned at least £150,000 in the past year, an increase of over 163 people compared to the previous data.
- John O’Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers’ Alliance, criticised the 'bloated public sector' for high salaries while council tax rises and frontline services are cut.
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