A message from Suzanne Audrey in Bristol:
It looks as if the the Mayor, Cabinet and key councillors are happy to take the large pay increases they voted for.
It seems very insensitive and inappropriate to have voted for their own pay increases during the Covid-19 pandemic when so many people are facing financial difficulties. It would have been better to follow the advice of the renumeration panel i.e. to wait until after the local elections.
I have checked the legal situation with officers at Bristol City Council and have been informed that it would have been possible to delay the pay awards.
If the petition is signed by 3,500 people from the Bristol area it will trigger a debate in full council. This will be an opportunity to hear why the pay increases went ahead when other people are taking pay reductions.
Please share the petition with others so that we can at least have that debate.
Thank you and best wishes during this difficult time.
Suzanne Audrey
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