THE highest earning council workers in Cumbria have been revealed following a nationwide report from the Taxpayer Alliance. According to the report findings at least 2,802 people employed by local authorities in 2019-20 received more than £100,000 in total remuneration, an increase of 135 on 2018-19. Of those, 693 received over £150,000, 26 more than the previous year. The number of council staff costing the taxpayer more than £100,000 a year stood at 20 in the year 2019-2020, the documents revealed.
Here is the list of the named borough council staff in the list:
Jason Gooding: - Cost per year: £139,000
Darren Crossley: - Cost per year: £111,000
Sam Plum:
RED faced council looses documents AN INVESTIGATION into why key county council documents were thrown away is due to be held. Cumbrian County Council faced fierce criticism from Councillor Stan Collins, who represents Upper Kent, as he demanded answers from the council s audit and assurance committee this week after it was revealed a number of the authority s paperwork had been lost. Why were documents belonging to Cumbria County Council mistakenly thrown away? , asked Councillor Collins. “The loss of documentation is something I referred to at past meetings as well. I will be asking that we investigate how and why we came to lose a substantial amounts of documentation which were important?