A RECORD number of town hall fatcats bagged six-figure salaries last year, a report says.
Some 3,906 got £100,000 or more in 2023-24 — up by 801 on the year before.
The findings, unearthed by the TaxPayers’ Alliance, come as households are today clobbered by an average 5 per cent increase in council tax.
The figures show 1,092 penpushers got £150,000 and above last year compared to 828 the year before.
For those on £200,000 and above, the jump was from 175 to 262.
Best paid last year was Annemarie O’Donnell, chief executive in Glasgow — where council tax is up by 7.5 per cent — who got £567,317 in salary and pension contributions.
Reform chief Nigel Farage claimed councils are “fundamentally broken”.
He said: “We must send in the auditors, get rid of the fraudulent contracts and cut wasteful spending.”
John O’Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers’ Alliance, said: “It’s a record-breaking year in many respects for taxpayers as the country hurtles towards a record tax burden, all while the public sector continues to feather its nest.
“As our latest town hall rich list demonstrates, the number of council staff with six-figure remuneration packages has surged at the same time that services are being slashed.”
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