Four staff members at Oldham Council currently earn more than £100,000 a year, new figures have shown. The information, released by the local authority, follows an investigation by the TaxPayers' Alliance, which discovered that 2,314 council staff earned a six-figure sum in the UK in 2015-2016, a rise of 89 from the previous year.
Their research found that eight members of staff at Oldham Council earned over £100,000, a rise of two on the previous year, however the local authority has hit back to say the figures are now out of date.
Councillor Jabbar added that shrinking the executive structure had resulted in some high upfront costs due to redundancy and pension payments. This included a £358,000 remuneration - including £257,000 for loss of office compensation and £16,000 pension contribution and a further £261,000 remuneration - including £98,000 loss of office compensation and £25,000 pension contribution - was paid when the Executive Director of Economy and Skills role was declared redundant in March 2016.
