A row has broken out over the amount to be paid to senior West Lothian councillors, after a bid by the SNP to delay a decision on salaries for further scrutiny was defeated.
West Lothian’s SNP group had called for a deferred decision on a report to the council to implement pay scales of almost £30,000 to the 12 senior councillors elected to chair main committees on the council.
That move was defeated however, meaning Labour and Conservative councillors elected as committee heads will each receive a salary of £29,361, under a national scheme approved by all councillors in March.
