BBC Spin on Reform Mayor’s ‘600% Pay Rise’ Doesn’t Add Up – Guido Fawkes

BBC Spin on Reform Mayor’s ‘600% Pay Rise’ Doesn’t Add Up

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There was plenty of hand-wringing at the weekend over Nigel Farage’s interview with the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg when he was questioned about Scarborough Town Council increasing Reform mayor Thomas Murray’s allowance by 600% from £500 to £3,500. Legacy media much enjoyed the fact Farage repeated “I have no idea” six times in response to the claim. Probably because it’s not true…

Last year the Charter Mayor (before Scarborough Town Council was founded) had an allowance of £1,000 – not £500 – and this was paid to him as a wage. Included in the Council’s new budget is an expenses allowance of £3500 for Reform’s Mayor. So not as a wage…

That would mean the allowance increase for Reform’s mayor would be 250%. Once Yusuf’s Reform DOGE Unit gets to Scarborough it may have a view on that hike either way…