Local councillors should work for their community not pensions

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Those sneaky councillors: who knew they had jumped on the gold-plated pension bandwagon?

Local government councillors are meant to be pillars of community spirit who work voluntarily for their boroughs. However, it turns out that they have been reaping the benefits of very generous public sector pensions. Although they aren't salaried and don't have any pensionable pay, their pension entitlement is based on their expenses allowance, which can be up to £50,000 a year.