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Originally Posted by claytonender
It is quite easy to find out which councillors are claiming extra allowances, such as childcare by doing a FIO request.
For anyone who accuses me of claiming anything I am not entitled too - in the 2009 to 2010 year I claimed £5489.88 - which was my basic allowance + an allowance for being Labour Group secretary and a IT allowance (because unlike some councillors I pay for my own broadband and use my own PC and printer - rather than HBC providing me with the facility).
As I am chair of Church and Central Area Management Board I was entitled to claim £742 as chair but did not claim this and the money went to the Area Management Board.
I did not claim any mileage allowances and the only train fare I claimed was £38.65 for a return trip to London (when I attended a one day conference -paid for out of Graham Jones training budget). I went to Manchester twice and Preston once on training courses but did not claim the rail fare for any of these journeys, neither did I claim for any meals when I went to London.
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To be quite honest Joan, I think the people representing the people of Hyndburn should not be one penny out of pocket, there was a time when councilors received nothing but thank you for their efforts, things have moved on since those days and I for one think its not always for the better