Cheshire East risks being “a council of the retired, for the retired” unless it increases councillors’ allowances to enable young people to put themselves forward for election, members said.
All Cheshire East Council councillors currently have a basic allowance of £12,851, with the council leader having a special responsibility allowance of £29,517 on top of that and the deputy a responsibility allowance of £17,820, (writes local democracy repor…
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