I have always meant to publish my expenses on this blog but have never got round to it. Given the recent furuore about MPs' expenses it seems to be a good time to publish in full what I received as wages/expenses last year from Wigan Council. So here are my expenses from April 2008 to March 2009.
My taxable pay was £11056.33 of which I paid 2211.20 income tax. My net pay was £8845.12
For the year 2007/8 I claimed 170 miles @ 39.50/mile = £67.15. This was included in the 2008/9 calculations because I made a late claim and was paid in July 2008.
The Council instal a telephone in my house which costs £87.60.
To carry out Council business I use my own computer at home at a cost of £171.00.
So far this year I have claimed £18.14 in travelling costs.
All these figures are a matter of public record and have been obtained from Wigan Council.
4 comments:
Nice one Nigal,not too bad on expences, but have you had the pleasure of eating from Ian's 18piece dinner service and drop of champer's from his new glass flutes yet ! ?????
Good value for money Nigel.
Do you take the free food and drinks at the Council?
All Councillors are entitled to a meal before or after a meeting they attend as part of their duty but not for full Council meetings. Last year I was on the Regeneration and Environmental panels. Sometimes I had a meal before or after these meetings and sometimes I did not, depending on what I was doing on that particular day.
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