The latest salaries of Leicester’s top council bosses have been published.
The authority is required to annually release details of of what it pays its top executives.
The list carries the details of 18 top officials who lead a 5,812-strong workforce.
Andy Keeling, the council’s chief operating officer, remains the highest paid member of staff.
His pay - £137,075 - is 5.6 times that of the average wage paid to council staff which is £24,657.
The city council says this is lower than his counterparts in other authorities.
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The council has also eliminated its gender pay gap – the difference between the average wage of men and women who work there.
Last year the council’s gender pay was 0.46 per cent.
Who gets paid what?
- Andy Keeling – chief operating officer - £137,075
STRATEGIC DIRECTORS
- Philip Coyne – strategic director of city development and neighbourhoods - £128,223
- Steven Forbes - strategic director of social care and education - £128,223
DIRECTORS
- Tracie Rees - adult social care and commissioning - £93,952
- Ruth Lake - adult social care and safeguarding - £93,952
- Richard Sword – capital programmes - £93,952
- Caroline Tote – social care and early help - £90,823
- Kamal Adatia – city barrister and head of standards - £76,161
- Miranda Cannon – communications and political governance - £93,952
- Matthew Wallace – estates and building services - £93,952
- Alison Greenhill – finance - £93,952
- Chris Burgin – housing - £93,952
- Paul Tinsley – learning and inclusion - £93,952
- Mandip Rai – Leicester and Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership - £87,693
- John Leach – neighbourhood and environmental services - £93,952
- Andrew Smith – planning, development and transportation - £93,952
- Mike Dalzell – tourism, culture and inward investment - £90,823
- Ivan Browne – public health - £90,823
What does the mayor say?
City mayor Sir Peter Soulsby ,who is paid £70,000 a year, said: “It is encouraging that this latest statement continues to reflect our commitment to fair pay.
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"We’re proud to be one of just a few employers to have achieved complete parity in the average pay of our male and female staff.
“This annual statement helps ensures that our pay policy at Leicester City Council are open and transparent and this is vital during a period of long-term and severe cuts that have put council budgets under increasing pressure.”
