29 May (Part 1) - Labour’s new faces in Bexley
The
main reason for seeking out a written Agenda at last week’s Council meeting is
that it provides a permanent record of which Councillor has picked up what plum
job and what they are to be paid for filling the hole.
The new and old Cabinet Member names have been
added to my list.
(Committee appointments coming later.) The Opposition ‘shadows’ have come from
Labour’s Press Release.
(Click for complete list of names and appointments.)
There are a few surprises there; Wendy Perfect no longer has a big job and
Nicola Taylor who has brought so many
housing disasters to our attention has
moved to Social Care and Health.
Buried within the Agenda is news that Bexley Conservatives plan to give
themselves more money. They are going to ignore the recommendations made by the
London Councils’ Panel on Renumeration and instead gamble on the pay award to
staff being higher and take that instead.
Their increase is not yet settled.
Labour Leader Stefano Borella tried to remind the Conservatives that the current £9,798 a
year is an Allowance intended to cover expenses and is not a salary to be
raised in line with staff pay.
No one on the Conservative side was interested in what he had to say.