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Petition to stop 25% councillor pay rise tops 1,000 in 5 days
October 26, 2011 7:11 PM
A Lib-Dem campaign to reverse the decision to increase County councillor allowances by 25% is off to a flying start, having attracted over 1,000 signatures in only 5 days.
Over 600 people have signed the online petition, and the paper petition has so far attracted nearly 500 signatures.
Lib Dem group leader Kilian Bourke, who has put a motion to council to stop the increases, said: "The message I am getting back from people is clear: councillors cannot reasonably give themselves a 25% pay rise at a time of wage freezes, redundancies and cuts to council services."
"This campaign cuts across conventional political lines, and has already attracted support from councillors of other parties, as well as people from all over Cambridgeshire. I have never seen the public mood so united on any issue before."
"My hope is that the petition will attract so much support that the pressure of public opinion on elected representatives will become overwhelming and the 25% increase will be overturned."
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