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LIVERPOOL council leader Joe Anderson is to be paid double the wage of his predecessor to reflect that he is now doing the job full time.
Cllr Anderson will see his allowance as leader go up from pounds 21,049 to pounds 42,100 on top of the pounds 10,000 he gets for being a councillor - giving him a total of pounds 52,100-a-year.
The new rate has been set by an independent panel which said the rise was intended to reflect the fact the pounds 21,049 special responsibility allowance was based on previous leaders doing 2.5 days a week work at the council.
last month, will be no better off under the proposal. your Email us dailypost.or write 48, Old Liverpool Liberal Democrat leader Warren Bradley, who spent four years running the council, branded the move an outrage and that it could not be justified at a time when public sector workers were facing pay freezes and possible redundancy.
The move will be...