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Lincolnshire county councillors reject increase in allowances for 2021
| Updated: 17:27, 11 December 2020
By James Mayer, local democracy reporter
County councillors have unanimously rejected plans for their allowance increase for 2021 in a council meeting today (Friday, December 11).
Leader of Lincolnshire County Council, Coun Martin Hill (Con) proposed that âallowances stay the same this year as they were last year, so the effect of that is no rise at all which I think is only the right and proper thing to do in these circumstances.â
Lincolnshire County Council leader Martin Hill
As council leader, Coun Martin Hillâs allowance would have increased from £35,026.42 to £35,989.64 next year, a difference of £963.22, but he rejected it.
Boy, 4, asks Santa for village cross to be fixed
“Losing the Metheringham Cross has made me Metheringham cross”
Marcus, 8, and Nicholas, 4, were both left feeling sad about the cross damage. | Photo: Leanne Ellul
A young boy from Metheringham has asked Father Christmas for the monument in his village to be fixed after it was damaged in a crash.
The monument fell off its podium after the van collided with it, and smashed to pieces, with loose parts being kept at Metheringham Parish Council’s offices until it can be repaired.
Nicholas decided to ask the most charitable man of them all for help with the monument this year, by sending Santa Claus a letter.