Seven council staff in Northumberland earning over £100,000

Seven council bosses in Northumberland are earning six figure salaries, according to a new study.
Seven bosses at Northumberland County Council are earning over £100k figures reveal.Seven bosses at Northumberland County Council are earning over £100k figures reveal.
Seven bosses at Northumberland County Council are earning over £100k figures reveal.

The TaxPayers’ Alliance annual ‘Town Hall Rich List’ shows that seven senior officers with Northumberland Counthy Council are earning over £100,000 a year in their roles.

A spokesperson for Northumberland County Council said the local authority did not wish to comment on the public spending pressure group’s findings.

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The figures show that Kelly Angus, the council’s executive director of HR and deputy chief executive earns a salary of £146,788.

Allison Joynson, director of transformation, earns a salary of £146,514, while Cath McEvoy-Carr, executive director of adults and children's services earns £153,384 a year.

Daljit Lally, who is the council’s chief executive and head of paid service, earns a salary of £135,927

The council’s director of finance earns £124,400 and its executive director of place earns £110,090.

The Chief fire officer’ salary is £119,430.

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The TaxPayers’ Alliance says the 14th version of its annual list comes at a time when – for the average band D property – taxpayers in England will have to pay a council tax rise of 4.4 per cent – an extra £81 a year in 2021/22.

A spokesman said: “Against this background, the number of local authority employees receiving over £100,000 in total remuneration has risen to the highest level since 2013-14.”

Other key findings in the report are that at least 2,802 people employed by local authorities in 2019-20 received more than £100,000 in total remuneration – an increase of 135 on 2018-19 and 693 received over £150,000, 26 more than the previous year.

The average number of ‘six figure’ employees in each local authority is seven.

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