WEST Oxfordshire District Council members have refused to give themselves a pay rise and have promised to look again at proposed grant cuts.
The Independent Remuneration Panel recommended councillors increase basic allowances from £4,350 to £4,415 a year – an increase of 1.5 per cent.
But the Conservative-led council rejected the recommendation and, at a full council meeting yesterday, agreed to freeze the current allowances.
It received cross party support, with Liberal Democrat Larry Poole saying: “It is not appropriate to increase our allowances when staff are on a pay freeze.”
The council also agreed to look again at a proposed 10 per cent cut to grants given to organisations such as the Citizens’ Advice Bureau.
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