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For special responsibility allowances, which are on top of the basic allowance, it recommends: Leader of council: £19,008.75 Deputy leader: £11,610.75 Special Responsibility Tier 1 – Lead councillors (e.g. lead member for Housing): £9,761,25 Tier 2 – Leader of the main opposition group (currently Conservatives) and chairs of Licensing Applications and Planning Applications committees: £6,234.09 Tier 3 – Chairs of committees and group leaders of other political groups: £3,123.57 Tier 4 – Vice-chairs of committees, the independent chair of the Standards committee and the Fostering Panel member: £1,103.54 Allowances have been increased by 2.75 per cent in line with Local Government Pay Settlement recommendations every year since this policy was approved in 2019. The council had suggested councillors on the Planning Applications and Licensing committees and the Fostering and Adoption panels be given a Tier 4 special responsibility al ....