A campaign group says councils are giving "extremely generous" pay packets to some employees as figures show 25 Nottinghamshire officials received more than £100,000 last year. The TaxPayers' Alliance, which campaigns against increased taxation, has released its annual 'town hall rich list' showing around 1,700 council officials across the country received more than £100,000 last year.
The group includes pension contributions and expenses on top of an employee's salary to reach a final figure. Its research, based on the accounts that are filed by councils, shows the highest amount received in Nottinghamshire last year was £230,586.
This amount was received by the chief executive of Nottinghamshire County Council, including £646 of expenses and £41,773 of pension. Nottinghamshire County Council had the most employees receiving over £100,000 last year, with eight of its officials included on the Taxpayers' Alliance list.
