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The Taxpayers Alliance is a pressure group that campaigns to reduce public spending. <\/p>\n

The people who run it seem almost obsessive about this, but they are pretty good at rooting out information, using the Freedom of Information Act. For example, they have prepared a list of all the people in local government – more than a thousand,- who earn over ?100,000 per year. You can download the list here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Here are the job titles and amounts for South East Essex:<\/p>\n

Basildon<\/strong>
\nChief Executive ?178,131 (Made up of Remuneration ?170,743.01 Election Fees ?7,387.60)
\nExecutive Director ?131,148
\nExecutive Director ?126,665 <\/p>\n

Castle Point<\/strong>
\nChief Executive ?145,000<\/p>\n


\nRochford<\/strong>
\nChief Executive ?107,011 (Made up of Gross salary ?106,893, Car Allowance ?117.64)<\/p>\n


\nSouthend<\/strong>
\nChief Executive ?149,573 (Made up of Salary ?141,383, Election ?7,650, Mileage ?540 )
\nChief Officer ?107,354 (Made up of Salary ?105,414, Mileage ?1,940)
\nChief Officer ?106,834 (Made up of Salary ?105,414, Mileage ?1,420 )
\nChief Officer ?105,479 (Made up of Salary ?105,414, Mileage ?65)
\nChief Officer ?105,459 (Made up of Salary ?105,414, Mileage ?45 )<\/p>\n

So we can see that Rochford’s Chief Executive is the lowest paid of these four councils, and Basildon’s is the highest – even though Basildon is only a District Council, and Southend is a Unitary. <\/p>\n

And what about the County Council? The Taxpayer’s alliance seems to have been defeated here. They say “No Adequate Response – Information Provided Unusable”<\/em> . However, they did find out that the number of Essex County Council officers earning over ?100,000 per year went up from 12 to 21 in the past 12 months.
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