Medway Tory £515,000 expenses tab

An interesting survey from the GMB Union which shows the Medway Conservatives cost the public in Medway more then half a million pounds in take home allowances

A truly staggering sum of money is spent on a Tory political elite which is clearly lapping the cream from the Council Tax payer at quite a rate.

Despite the Tory platitudes on low Council tax and efficiency they are happy to take huge salaries and expenses off the back of hard working Council tax payers across the towns.

In total tax payers are footing a huge bill of £750,000 for all Councillors

The Tories in Medway risk being labelled as exorbitant in what harks back to the worst excesses of the 1980s/1990s

Medway Labour has rightly pledged to cut the Tory cream and cut £100,000 per annum from Councillor allowances immediately.

Medway Labour has a strong record of cutting the cost of local government from the creation of a single tier of government in the late 1990s to the cutting of Councillors to the present day 55 in 2003.

It is time for a change in May. Cutting the Tory fat cat pay perks must be an absolute priority for any incoming administration.