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Apr 2022

Last Updated: 05/04/2022

Politics

Harrogate council officers earning more than £100,000 named on rich list

by Calvin Robinson

| 05 Apr, 2022

Four Harrogate Borough Council officers who earn more than £100,000 a year have been included on a Taxpayers' Alliance "Town Hall Rich List".

Wallace Sampson and Paula Lorimer, who have been named in the Taxpayers' Alliance list.

Four Harrogate Borough Council officers earning more than £100,000 have been named in an annual public sector "rich list" published by the TaxPayers’ Alliance.

The pressure group, which claims to speak for ‘ordinary taxpayers fed up with government waste’, published its Town Hall Rich List 2022 report today.

The list covers authority officials across the country who earn in total more than £100,000 as part of their renumeration for the last financial year.

Paula Lorimer, director of Harrogate Convention Centre, was named the top earner in Harrogate with a total pay package of £121,536.

Meanwhile, Wallace Sampson, chief executive of the borough council, earned £118,505.

The Harrogate officers in the report are:

Wallace Sampson, chief executive: £118,505

Paula Lorimer, director of Harrogate Convention Centre: £121,536

Rachel Bowles, director of corporate affairs: £115,856

Trevor Watson, director of economy and culture: £112,981

Elsewhere, 10 North Yorkshire County Council officials were included on the list.

Richard Flinton, chief executive, was the top earner at the county council with a total pay package of £212,667.

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Others included Stuart Carlton, director of children and young people’s services, with £161,776 and Gary Fielding, director of strategic resources, with £157,078.

John O’Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said:

“Taxpayers facing a cost of living crisis want to know they are getting value for money from their local authority leadership.

“With households having suffered through the pandemic and now struggling under colossal tax bills, the country needs councils to prioritise key services without resorting to punishing tax hikes.

“These figures will allow residents to judge town hall bosses for themselves and hold their local councils to account.”

Harrogate Borough Council has been approached for comment.

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