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Right, here I go upsetting some of you I expect, so I will apologise in advance.
Why become a councillor in the first place? Maybe a stepping stone to higher places, being a 'councillor' instead of one us ignorant lot, or the power and the glory. I know some will start because of 'a cause', this gets sorted but they stay on. Why? The above?
To claim for food would be the type of thing that gives polititions a bad name, how many workers get their food paid for by their employer, they buy their own. The tax payer is the councillors' employer, enough said.
Over £57 a week (basic means there is more available) is not bad going, a lot of those on low incomes would be very happy to receive this ammount as an extra to their income.
I am not councillor bashing, I know SOME work very hard, I am just putting down the sort of comments I often hear plus some of my own thoughts.