AGENDA ITEM NO 9C

COUNCIL MEETING

18 SEPTEMBER 2012

Title : Mayoral Remuneration

Report of : Members’ Remuneration Independent Review panel

Recommendation

That Members consider the recommendations of the Panel in relation to the level of remuneration for the elected mayor, the deputy mayor and cabinet members.

Summary

The Panel was tasked with recommending an appropriate rate of remuneration for the elected mayor. It was also asked to consider the level of allowance which should be paid in respect of the deputy mayor and other cabinet members in a mayoral system of governance.

Following the commissioning of a review by the consultant, Dr Declan Hall, details of which are appended, this report recommends the remuneration which might be paid for these positions.

The significant issues in the report are:

Set out below.

Consultation

Party Leaders and Whips. Responses from the Green, Labour and Liberal Democrat Groups are attached at Appendix A. . Background

1. The Panel was convened under the Local Authorities (Member Allowances) (England) Regulations 2003. These regulations, which arise out of the relevant provisions of the Local Government Act 2000 require all local authorities to set up and maintain an advisory Independent Remuneration Members‟ Allowances Panel to review and provide advice on members allowances. All councils are required to convene their allowances panel and seek its advice before they make any changes or amendments to their allowances scheme and they must pay regard to the Panel‟s recommendations before setting a new or amended allowances scheme.

2. The Panel was asked to make recommendations as to the level of remuneration for the forthcoming elected mayor (to be elected on November 2012), their appointed Deputy Mayor and for Cabinet Members. This follows the referendum on 4th May 2012 where the electors of the City of Bristol supported the proposal to change the city governance arrangements from that of Leader (appointed by the Council) and Cabinet to a directly elected mayor and cabinet model.

3. Dr Declan Hall, consultant on member remuneration, who has previously been commissioned by the Panel to assist with its major reviews of remuneration policy, was asked to produce a report/briefing that reviewed the remuneration of the posts of elected mayor, deputy mayor and other cabinet members in the 15 other English mayoral authorities i.e. what was the national picture, are there any discernible patterns etc and provide options for the remuneration of these posts. This would enable the Panel to make a more informed recommendation in line with its statutory responsibility to provide advice to the Council, before it makes a final decision on setting the remuneration of the newly elected mayor, and their appointed deputy mayor and other cabinet members.

4. Dr Hall‟s review also looked at other comparative roles, insofar as the evidence is available, that have been taken into account by other mayoral councils and reviews when reaching their recommendations and decisions on the appropriate level of remuneration for their elected mayor, deputy mayor and other cabinet members. The review showed that English mayoral councils each retain the ability to set their own levels of remuneration. For elected mayors in particular, a discernible basis of remuneration has emerged leading to a surprisingly narrow model of mayoral remuneration. This pattern was not repeated when it comes to the remuneration of deputy mayors and other cabinet members, as the size, responsibilities and workloads of these other executive post holders is much more variable – and largely dependent on the outlook of the elected mayor.

Approach

5. The document at Appendix B (sent electronically to members and available on the Council website) is Dr Hall‟s full report. In this he has:

Examined what an elected mayor will actually mean for the governance of Bristol and the powers which a mayor will exercise, in particular “soft” powers.

Presents the national picture on mayoral remuneration

Discusses the approaches which might be used in reaching a conclusion about what the mayor‟s remuneration should be

Considers the level of remuneration which might be paid to the deputy Mayor and other cabinet members which the mayor may appoint.

Panel’s deliberations

6. The Panel had a wide ranging discussion. The following is a summary of the main issues:

It was difficult for the Panel to make a recommendation without knowing how the elected mayor intended to carry out their role and the sort of powers that they would exercise directly

The role which the elected mayor performed in other cities was not necessarily the same as the role which a Bristol mayor would perform

A lot depended on how the mayor would deliver their “soft” powers, in terms of influencing and persuading and how could this be recognised.

There was no mechanism for taking into account the mayor‟s performance in delivering their role when setting remuneration

There may be value in reviewing mayoral remuneration again at a later date, once the mayor had been in post for a while, and when it is clear how their role is being delivered.

Whatever figure was suggested initially, most mayoral councils appeared eventually to be setting pay for mayors within the narrow banding of £60 – 69K ie around the level of a MP‟s salary

It was noted that it was the view of some members that mayoral remuneration should not exceed the level of that of the Leader of the Council. Should that be so, then Bristol would be very much at the lower end of the “league table” for mayoral pay, which may not present Bristol well in terms of it being a leading English city.

7. The Panel‟s conclusions and recommendations are set out in the paper attached at Appendix C

Summary of recommendations

8. The recommendations of the Panel are as follows :

That the elected mayor of Bristol should be remunerated in line with the current MP‟s salary ie £65,738

The Deputy Mayor should be remunerated at 62.5% of the Mayor‟s salary (ie retaining the current relationship between the Bristol leader and deputy leaders salary) thus £11,146 basic allowance plus a SRA of £29,670, so £41,086 total.

There should be no change to the SRA of other Cabinet members

Political Group Opposition Leaders in the current scheme should become “Political Group Leaders” in the new scheme and as currently, leaders whose groups occupy over 10% of seats on the council should continue to be remunerated at current rates of SRA. (NB : assuming the Mayor isn’t also a political group leader, then there will be one additional group leader SRA payable from November 2012)

The Panel assumes that the position of Assistant Executive Member will cease from November 2012 under mayoral governance.

Other options considered

The approach originally envisaged by the Panel was to remunerate the incoming elected mayor at the rate currently paid to the Leader of the Council, and then to review mayoral remuneration when it was clear how that office holder intended to deliver their role. This approach was rejected by party leaders who asked that a review be undertaken immediately, in order that the remuneration could be agreed prior to the mayor taking up their post.

Risk assessment

No risk assessment has been undertaken

Equalities impact assessment

Not applicable.

Legal and Resource Implications

Legal - The Council has a duty to have regard to the views of its Panel before it determines the rates of remuneration for the elected mayor and councillor allowances.

Financial – The costs are containable within the existing approved budget (Service Manager, Corporate Finance)

Appendices

Appendix A - Comments of political groups on mayoral pay

Appendix B – the IRP‟s report to Council

Appendix C - Dr Declan Hall‟s report on remuneration for the elected mayor, deputy mayor and cabinet members

(NB : in the interests of paper economy, the full report of the IRP consultant (Appendix C) is not being circulated with this report but is available for inspection on the Council’s website.)

Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985 Background papers :

None

APPENDIX A

Remuneration for the Elected Mayor

Liberal Democrat Group Response to the Independent Members’ Remuneration Panel

Although the position of elected Mayor is a new one in Bristol, and there are aspirations by some for it to become a much higher-profile and more significant role than the current Leader of Council, in the short term at least the responsibilities of the Mayor will remain the same as the Leader.

In light of this, the Liberal Democrat Group believes that, in the first instance, the Mayor‟s allowance be set at the same level as the Special Responsibility Allowance for the Leader – i.e. £40,473 per year. This amount specifically excludes the £11,416 basic allowance currently paid to the Leader in addition to the SRA. The basic allowance is paid to all councillors in recognition of their basic role and the work that they do as members of the authority and on behalf of their constituents. For the Mayor, there is no equivalent function being performed. They will have no responsibilities, such as committee membership, as a member of the authority (with the exception of being the Mayor, for which they will receive an allowance) and they will not have the same representative and advocacy function as a councillor has for their ward.

As a Group, we have always been clear that the adoption of an elected Mayor for Bristol should not lead to the creation of a new highly-paid political „fat cat‟ position. Therefore, we believe that setting the Mayor‟s allowance to the same level as the Leader‟s is fair and reasonable, particularly given the current challenging economic circumstances. This would give the Panel the opportunity to review the Mayor‟s role at the end of the first term and at that point make a more informed recommendation about the level of remuneration.

Finally, the Liberal Democrat Group also believes that, in its recommendation, the Panel should make clear that the allowance paid to the Mayor is made on the assumption that the Mayor will not have other employment in addition to their position, and that they will be able to commit to their mayoral responsibilities on a full time basis. Should the elected Mayor not conform to this, we believe that the Panel‟s recommendation should include a clear expectation that the Mayor will waive a suitable proportion of their allowance.

Labour Group Response to the Independent Members’ Remuneration Panel

Any consideration of Mayoral remuneration is associated with the remuneration for members in general and these observations are submitted on that basis.

It is recognised that the Mayor and councillors will continue to carry out their roles against a background of challenging economic circumstances for the people of Bristol and substantial reductions in services provided by the council and other public agencies. Against that consideration is the necessity to properly reflect the enhanced role (compared with the existing council leader) that the Mayor (and his/her Cabinet) will undertake with the possibility that the future Mayor may chose to operate without a Chief Executive.

In light of this:-

Mayoral remuneration should reflect Mayoral remuneration already in place across the rest of the country recognising that differing types of authority operate a Mayoral system – districts, unitary authorities, metropolitan authorities, boroughs and strategic authorities. However recognition should also be accorded to Bristol‟s unique position economically and strategically and the role that the Mayor will play.

The role of the Deputy Mayor should be recognised more adequately than the current Deputy Leader given the enhanced position of the Mayor and the likelihood that the Deputy will be called upon in the absence of the Mayor out of the city. It is suggested that remuneration should be assessed at approximately 66% that of the Mayor (inclusive of the councillors‟ basic allowance)

That other remuneration should remain on the same basis as present except that „Political opposition Leader(s)‟ should be re-designated „Political Group Leaders‟ with the same 10% rule to apply.

Green Group Response to the Independent Members’ Remuneration Panel

Tess and I have spoken about this and also put it to our wider party members.

We are all in agreement that the Mayor should not receive any more than the leader of council currently does.

It is a considerable sum still and increasing it further might not get the person right for the job - ie they are more interested in the pay than serving the city.

We are all quite committed to this.

APPENDIX B

A Report by the Independent Remuneration Panel For Bristol City Council

Remuneration for the Elected Mayor, Deputy Mayor and Cabinet Members

Introduction

1. This report contains the recommendations of the statutory independent remuneration panel (or Panel) for Bristol City Council for the remuneration of the elected mayor of Bristol (on 15th November 2012) and the deputy mayor and other cabinet members to be appointed by elected mayor from the body of councillors.

2. The Panel was convened in accordance with the Local Authorities (Members’ Allowances) (England) Regulations 2003, and accompanying Statutory Guidance on Regulation for Local Authority Allowances 2006. The 2003 Regulations require the Council to pay regard to the advice of the Panel before determining the remuneration for the new posts of elected mayor and deputy mayor. The Council has also asked for advice on the appropriate remuneration for the other cabinet members that will also be appointed by the elected mayor.

The Panel Approach to the Review

3. The Panel met on two occasions at the Council House, College Green, on 16th July and 28th August 2012 to review the available evidence and conduct its deliberations. To assist the Panel in arriving at its recommendations Dr Declan Hall, former academic and advisor to the Panel was commissioned to undertake a research exercise that reviewed:

The remuneration of elected mayors, deputy mayors and other cabinet members in the 15 English mayoral authorities Recent reviews and Panel reports in other mayoral authorities The governments policy regarding the role, powers and future of elected mayors The remuneration of other “comparable” posts, namely Westminster MPs and the elected Police and Crime Commissioners 4. The paper produced by Dr Hall for the Panel has been appended to this report electronically and is available on the council website.

5. The Panel also invited comments from the political groups on Council and group responses were received from the Labour, Liberal Democrat and Green party groups on Council.

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Evidence reviewed

6. The Panel’s dilemma was to make recommendations for the remuneration of the elected mayor (and deputy mayor and other cabinet members) before experience of the posts has been gained. Nonetheless, the elected mayor (and appointed deputy mayor) cannot receive any remuneration until it has been determined by the Council, which in turn must receive advice from the Panel. Accordingly the recommendations of the Panel should be viewed as interim as the Panel has to review the whole scheme of allowances in March 2013 in any case.

7. The evidence reviewed by the Panel showed that

While experience of the elected mayor will not be possible until after the election on 15th November 2012 there is no doubt that it will be different from that of the post of leader. The elected mayor holds office independently of the Council and has greater powers vis-à-vis the Council in that they only need the support of one third of the councillors to get budgets and policies approved. The potential for an elected mayor to utilise the “soft power” that comes from being elected on a city-wide mandate and high visibility can put the elected mayor in a very strong position. This potential is given greater emphasis by the Localism Act 2011. It will be a full time role and should be remunerated accordingly, and pro-rata if the post holder does not undertake the role on a full time basis Mayoral salaries range from £53,151 to £81,029, with two thirds of elected mayors being paid between £60,000 and £69,000. The most common comparable post utilised by other reviews of remuneration for elected mayors is that of Westminster MPs, whose salary of £65,738 is also the median remuneration for the 15 English elected mayors currently in post. To remunerate the elected mayor at the same level as the current leader is not a viable option as it would mean the elected mayor of Bristol would be the lowest paid elected mayor in England and does not meet the “fair fit” test.

8. Consequently, the Panel recommends that total remuneration for the elected mayor of Bristol be set with reference to the salary of a Westminster MP and the median remuneration of the 15 English elected mayors, namely £65,738. The Panel also recommends that this remuneration should be paid pro-rata if the role is not undertaken full time.

Evidence reviewed for the Deputy Mayor

9. The evidence reviewed for deputy mayors showed that

There was much greater variation in their total remuneration ranging from £11,534 to £50,412, with the mean remuneration being £31,681, and median being £27,000. The powers and responsibilities delegated to deputy mayors varied from purely advisory to holding portfolio responsibilities, with most deputy mayors having a portfolio responsibility On average deputy mayors are remunerated at 46% of the mayoral remuneration

2 Bristol City Council IRP Elected Mayor, Deputy Mayor & Cabinet Remuneration 10. The Panel decided that the deputy mayor should be remunerated at 62.5% of the mayor’s remuneration, which is the same proportionate rate that the current deputy leader is remunerated in relation to the leader.

11. Consequently, the Panel recommends that the deputy mayor should be paid a total of £41,086, consisting of the current Basic Allowance of £11,416 and an SRA of £29,670.

Evidence reviewed for other cabinet members

12. The range of evidence reviewed for other cabinet members showed that

There is even greater variation in the numbers and delegated powers to other cabinet members that have been appointed by elected mayors, ranging from 2 being appointed in Hartlepool to a legal maximum of 8 appointed in 7 out of the 15 mayoral authorities. Most do have a degree of individual decision making powers delegated to them. The remuneration for other cabinet members ranges from £10,899 to £42,499, with the average being £22,944, and median £22,723. On average other cabinet members receive a total remuneration of one third of that of the elected mayors

13. The Panel decided that the current total remuneration paid to cabinet members in Bristol should be maintained for other cabinet members in the mayoral system and recommends that they should continue to receive the Basic Allowance of £11,416 and an SRA of £20,065.

14. The Panel further recommends that

Political Opposition Leaders (who have over 10% of seats) will become “Political Group Leaders” and should continue to receive their current SRA on top of basic allowance.

It will be assumed that there will no longer be a requirement for Assistant Executive Members and that the provision for this SRA should be deleted from the scheme of allowances.

Michal Cole Rosa Hui Julian Legg Peter Leppard (Chair) Robert Patterson

September 2012

3 APPENDIX C

A Report

For the

Independent Remuneration Panel

For

Bristol City Council

Remuneration

For the

Elected Mayor, Deputy Mayor and Cabinet Members ______

Michal Cole Rosa Hui Julian Legg Peter Leppard (Chair) Robert Patterson

September 2012

Bristol City Council IRP Elected Mayor, Deputy Mayor & Cabinet Remuneration

Introduction

1. This paper arises out of the requirement for the Bristol Independent Remuneration Panel (IRP or the Panel) to make recommendations regarding remuneration for the forthcoming elected mayor (to be elected on 15th November 2012), and the deputy mayor and at least one other cabinet member, up to a legal maximum of 8 other cabinet members, to be appointed by the elected mayors. This follows the referendum on 4th May 2012 where the electors of the City of Bristol supported the proposal to change the city governance arrangements from that of Leader (appointed by the Council) and cabinet to a directly elected mayor and deputy mayor and cabinet (appointed by elected mayor) model.

2. The brief given to me (Dr Declan Hall) by the Bristol Panel was to produce a paper reviewing the remuneration of elected mayors, deputy mayors and other cabinet members in the 15 other English mayoral authorities. In particular, I was asked to give an overview of the national picture, identify any discernible patterns or models of remuneration, and provide options for the Panel to consider regarding the remuneration of the posts under consideration to enable the Panel to make a more informed recommendation regarding its statutory responsibility to provide advice to the Council before it makes a final decision to determine the remuneration of the newly elected mayor, and their appointed deputy mayor and other cabinet members.

3. The report has also looked at other comparative roles, insofar the evidence is available, that have been taken into account by other mayoral councils and reviews when reaching their recommendations and decisions on the appropriate level of remuneration for their elected mayor, deputy mayor and other cabinet members. It will show that while English mayoral councils each retain the ability to set their own levels of remuneration that, for elected mayors in particular, a discernible basis of remuneration has emerged leading to a surprisingly consistent model of mayoral remuneration – at least in origin. This pattern is not repeated for the remuneration of deputy mayors and other cabinet members, as the size, responsibilities and workloads of these other executive post holders is much more variable – and largely dependent on the extent to which an elected mayor decides to delegate their powers and how they understand the nature of their role.

The Regulatory Context

4. In law an elected mayor is not a councillor but in operational terms most council accrue their elected mayor the same rights as councillors to move motions or amendments, present petitions, be appointed to committees, etc. Moreover, for the purposes of remuneration an elected mayor is supposed to be treated the same as councillors. However, most mayoral authorities express their mayoral remuneration as a total sum (a practice that has been followed here) whereas in the main the deputy mayors are paid both the Basic Allowance and Special Responsibility Allowance (SRA) but unless specified when referring to the remuneration of deputy mayors and other cabinet members it refers to total remuneration package.

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5. Finally, the Local Authorities (Members‟ Allowances) (England) Regulations 2003 do require the Council to pay regard to advice from its statutory independent remuneration Panel before it determines the remuneration for the elected mayor, deputy mayor and the other cabinet members.

What does an elected mayor mean for Bristol City Council?

6. The key characteristic of an elected mayor is that all executive responsibility and decision making powers are concentrated in the hands of one individual who holds office for 4 years by being elected at large. Unlike a Leader an elected mayor cannot be removed by the Council. However, the reality is that the formal powers of an elected mayor in terms of decision making are not that much greater than that of a Leader in the Leader/Cabinet model of governance. This is particularly the case since the implementation of the relevant provisions of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007, which enshrined the strong Leader model in law. Many commentators argue that the Local Government Act 2000 did not give elected mayors any more powers distinct from that of the council leader (See Copus 2011).

7. This is not to underestimate the difference between a Council leader and an elected mayor. The Localism Act 2011 has extended the formal powers of elected mayors in that to get their budget and policy frameworks formally adopted an elected mayor only needs one third of councillors to agree rather than a simple majority under leader with cabinet model. Moreover, the Localism Act 2011 (under relevant decentralisation provisions) also provides for the transfer of and delegation of “local public functions” to “permitted authorities” (which includes Bristol) by the Secretary of State on a case by case basis upon application. The transfer of local public functions mainly relates to economic development and enhanced local accountability in relation to the function. While the current government does not have a template for future decentralisation to authorities that apply for a transfer of public functions it is clear that it views cities with elected mayors as best placed to have any application for transfer of public functions granted.

8. Indeed, the Government, in response to the mayoral consultation that took place last year, that it expects elected mayors to make the case for enhanced powers:

Whilst we are clear about the potential of mayors to drive a city’s economic growth and prosperity we believe that each of the cities should consider the specific powers that should be exercised by individual city mayors. We are thus proposing to look to the cities themselves to come forward with their own proposals. Where a mayor is, or in the case of Leicester has been, elected we expect that mayor to put to us any proposals he or she has for decentralising services and powers to that city mayor.1

1 What can a mayor do for your city? Government Response to the mayoral consultation, Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG), January 2012, paragraph 3.

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9. This is in addition to the government‟s “city deal” for the core cities where the government in discussion with each city and Local Enterprise Partnerships ask the cities to identify key policy areas fundamental to supporting economic growth and then negotiate with each city area a tailored “city deal” in which “significant new powers and funding” will be devolved. The government is clear that cities with elected mayors best meet the “strong accountable leadership” criteria that is a prerequisite.2 Tellingly, the first city deal negotiated was for Liverpool where the Council decided to have an elected mayor from May 2012 without a referendum. It received a £130m city deal that is overseen and driven by the elected mayor – a factor that was expressly taken into account by the Liverpool IRP in recommending a remuneration of £79,500 for its new elected mayor3.

10. It is acknowledged that by virtue of holding a direct electoral mandate elected mayors have a greater potential to exercise “soft power”. The Institute of Government has argued that the root of this soft power comes from direct election. As a mayor is voted in on a manifesto by the electoral base that encompasses their whole mayorality it lends legitimacy to the mayor‟s role, particularly at a city wide level. Moreover, in interviews with elected mayors, the “mayor‟s visibility, ability to convene organisations outside of his/her direct remit and ability to broker deals between these organisations were common responses in relation to the informal power that mayors use.”4

11. Where an elected mayor can exercise more discretion is in determining the size and scope of decision making powers of the deputy mayor and cabinet. The analysis of other English elected mayor councils shows there are cabinets that are surprisingly small when compared to leader with cabinet models. The elected has appointed 2 other cabinet members (plus the deputy mayor), whereas in Watford the elected mayor has appointed 3 other cabinet members (plus the deputy mayor). A leader dependent on group support to maintain their position is unlikely to be able to appoint such a small cabinet. An elected mayor, by virtue of having a separate constitutional power based, does not need to maintain broad group and wider council support to stay in post and to get budgets and policies approved.

12. On a similar basis an elected mayor has greater scope to determine extent of delegations to cabinet members. In practice, most elected mayors delegate a degree of decision making powers to cabinet members not that dissimilar to that delegated by Leaders to their cabinet. However, the elected has not delegated any decision making powers and all cabinet members have only advisory powers, with the elected mayor making all decisions that have not been delegated to officers in full council – a position that would be difficult for a Leader to maintain.

2 Ibid., see paragraph 6. 3 see Report to Council, “Annual Review of the Members’ Allowances Scheme by the Independent Panel on Members Allowances”, 23 May 2012. It should also be noted that Manchester City Council also got a city deal approved. 4 Centre for Cities/Institute for Government “Big shot or long shot? How elected mayors can help drive economic growth in England’s cities”, June 2011, p. 8

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The Panels Dilemma

13. The dilemma for the Bristol Panel is to make appropriate recommendations for the remuneration of the elected mayor, and deputy mayor and other cabinet members without knowing the extent to which, if any, the elected mayor will obtain further powers in the future and the scope and size of delegations to the deputy mayor and other cabinet members.

14. However, an elected mayor can, in practice, choose to retain greater individual powers and is less reliant on the wider council membership to get policies and budgets approved. An elected mayor will be more visible and be accountable and if they have the appropriate skills and use the “bully pulpit” provided through direct election can exercise a wide array of soft powers. The role of elected mayor will not be the same as a leader appointed by council.

The National Picture

A full time role

15. The current remuneration for the leader of the council (£51,889 including Basic Allowance and SRA) is based on the assessment that the role is full time in that it precludes other employment in the normal sense. There is little reason to assume that the post of elected mayor will require a lesser commitment unless they utilise the full extent of delegations available. Moreover, the high visibility of the role and city-wide mandate will put enhanced demands on the elected mayor, whether it is from the media, other partner organisations or the public at large.

16. Insofar time commitments have been expressed in other mayoral authorities there is a general expectation that in the larger authorities at least being an elected mayor is a full time post and remunerated accordingly. For instance, it was assessed by the Leicester Panel as full time5, similarly by the Joint Independent Remuneration Panel for London Councils in 20106, and the Salford Review in July 20127.

17. While time commitments are only one dimension to the role of elected mayor it is clear that the remuneration package should support a full time commitment.

Pro-Rata Remuneration

18. In Newham, not all the other cabinet members are in receipt of the “normal” SRA (£31,042), and the scheme provides for pro rata remuneration if a cabinet member does not undertake the role full time. Two full other cabinet members receive a SRA of £18,625 (60% of full SRA) as they have other employment.

5 See Leicester IRP report, November 2011, p. 18 6 See Report of the Independent Panel, “The Remuneration of Councillors in London 2010”, p. 10 7 See Report and Recommendations of the Independent Remuneration Panel to Salford City Council, “Review of Allowances for the City Mayor and Deputy City Mayor”, July 2012, paragraph 4.3

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19. A similar issue was raised by the Review Body on Senior Salaries (RBSS) when making recommendations to the Home Secretary on the remuneration for elected Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs – see below for further details). In particular, it considered whether PCCs should be eligible for performance related pay. The idea was rejected as not suitable for elected posts. However, the RBSS did assess the role of PCCs as full time and recommended that if an individual PCC is not undertaking the role full time that “the pay of that individual should be reduced pro-rata.”8 The recommendation was rejected by the Home Secretary.

Remuneration of English Elected Mayors – Cluster around MPs Salary

20. Analysis of the Members‟ Allowances schemes from the 15 English mayoral councils shows that the variation in their remuneration is not as great as the remuneration of the other executive posts (see Appendices 1, 2 & 3). The elected mayors total remuneration ranges from a top end of £81,029 (Newham) to the lowest at £53,151 (Mansfield – which is a district council). If the two district councils with elected mayors (Mansfield and Watford) taken out the equation, then the lowest remuneration for an elected mayor are in Bedford and Doncaster at £60,000 apiece.

21. Moreover, there is a definite cluster of mayoral remuneration: two thirds of English elected mayors are remunerated between £60,000 and £69,000.

22. This cluster is reflected in the following average and median mayoral remuneration

Average total remuneration for English elected mayors: £67,097 Median total remuneration for English elected mayors: £65,738

23. Even where an IRP has recommended higher levels of remuneration such as in Leicester (£100,000) in 2011 the council did not accept the recommendations and subsequently adopted £65,738 as the appropriate figure. Similarly, in Tower Hamlets where a working party recommended £74,995 for the elected mayor the council subsequently adopted £65,000. Then there is the example of Liverpool where the Council formally adopted the Panel‟s recommendation of a mayoral remuneration of £79,500, however after much public outcry the mayor decided that it was more prudent to draw down £66,000.

24. The analysis of the other mayoral schemes and the reviews behind them (where available) show that there is a discernible driver behind this consistent pattern – the salary of Westminster MPs, which currently stands at £65,738, which is also the median remuneration for English elected mayors. The mayoral remuneration has been expressly set or originally set at the equivalent of an MPs salary in Hartlepool, Leicester, Mansfield, Salford, and Watford – at least insofar the expressed reason can been be discerned. A number of other councils have a mayoral remuneration

8 See Review Body on Senior Salaries, Report No. 78 “Report on the pay of Police and Crime Commissioners 2011”, October 2011, paragraph 3.19.

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so close to a MPs salary (or what it has been in past 4-5 years) that it cannot be accidental.

A variation on benchmarking to a MPs Salary: the London Councils approach

25. A variation on setting elected mayors remuneration with reference to a MPs salary is that adopted by the Joint Independent Panel for London Councils. This Panel is charged with making recommendations for all London Borough Councils, which is often supplemented by bespoke local panels to take into account local circumstances. Nonetheless, the London Councils Joint Panel has consistently taken the view that the “duties and responsibilities of Leader of a London Council are at least as demanding as those of a backbench MP and this should be reflected within local allowances schemes.”9 It has consistently recommended a LBC Leaders‟ remuneration should be at least the equivalent of a MPs salary and for elected mayors this figure should be enhanced by 25% to reflect the fact that an elected mayor is in a stronger position vis-à-vis the council. In it latest report (2010), this led to a recommended mayoral remuneration of £81,029 – which is the current remuneration of the elected and is the highest paid out of the 15 English elected mayors.

26. If the London Councils Joint Panel approach was up dated to reflect the salary of an MP in 2012, it produces a mayors‟ remuneration package of £82,173.

27. A further, local, variation on this approach would be to enhance the current total remuneration of the Leader of Bristol City Council, which is £51,889 (the Basic Allowance of £11,416 + Leaders SRA of £40,473) by 25%, which equates to £64,861 – again remarkably close to a MPs salary and median remuneration of all elected mayors.

The Factor Approach

28. An alternative approach to determining mayoral remuneration has been to follow one of the approaches suggested by 2006 statutory guidance and arrive at the appropriate figure as a multiple of the Basic Allowance. In Middlesbrough the mayoral salary is set at a multiple of 11 times the Basic Allowance (£6,130) whereas in Doncaster it was set at 5 times the Basic Allowance – although the elected mayor in Doncaster has personally decided to draw down £30,000 in total (2011-12 figures).

29. If a similar approach was followed in Bristol, and using the median multiple of 7.7 nationally it would equate to a total remuneration for the elected mayor of £87,903 (the current Basic Allowance of £11,416 multiplied by 7.7).

Analogy Approach – Elected Police and Crime Commissioners

9 Joint Independent Remuneration Panel for Association of London Governments, “Making Allowances: the remuneration of Councillors in London”, August 2001, pp. 42-43.

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30. Another methodology suggested by the 2006 Statutory Guidance – set remuneration of elected mayor (or leader) by drawing an analogy with another comparable public role. The main problem in making an analogy between an elected mayor and another comparable public post is that there are so few directly elected executive posts in English local government to be able to make a meaningful analogy. The is often mentioned but it is not actually relevant as the mayor of London operates at regional rather than a local level and has limited executive powers compared to local authority elected mayors.

31. However, the upcoming elections for 41 Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) to replace the 41 English police authorities on 15th November 2012 provides, at first glance, an attractive analogy. They will be the only other directly elected executives at the local level – although it can be argued that being the elected Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for the Thames Valley Police is stretching the definition of „local‟.

32. Drawing on the salary proposals (at the time) for PCCs was specifically referred to in a review of allowances by the Leicester City Council Independent Remuneration Panel in 2011 (p. 18). The Leicester Panel acknowledged that it was mindful of the proposed remuneration of PCCs when it recommended a remuneration package of £100,000 for the elected mayor of Leicester City Council – albeit the proposed remuneration of PCCs has been reduced since the Leicester review.

33. In autumn 2011 the Home Office, which has responsibility for setting the salaries of PCCs, asked the Review Body on Senior Salaries (RBSS) to undertake an independent review of the remuneration of PCCs. The RBSS recommended that PCCs should be paid on a 5 tier banding framework (based on salary weightings for Chief Constables) ranging from £65,000 at the bottom band to £100,000 for the top band. It recommended that the remuneration for the elected PCC for the Avon and Somerset Police should be in the second highest band, which is £85,000. These recommendations have since been accepted by the Minister.

34. Interestingly the Review Body on Senior Salaries based its “recommended PCC Salaries between the ranges identified by PwC for elected roles and those for appointed posts in the public sector.”10 Essentially it recognised that there was an analogy to be made between PCCs and elected Mayors but the remuneration of elected mayors was used as the lowest pay group out of 5, for PCCs.

35. One reason why English elected mayors remuneration was used as a base rather than say median or upper reference point centred around the difference in the relationship between elected mayors/council and PCCs/Policing and Crime Panels. The job evaluation carried out by PwC commissioned by the RBSS argued that the Policing and Crime Panels will carry out a relatively passive role and that a PCC “operates independently and does not (formally or informally) share responsibility

10 See Review Body on Senior Salaries, Report No. 78 “Report on the pay of Police and Crime Commissioners 2011”, October 2011

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for policing with other local groups or individuals such as Directly Elected Mayors).”11

The Deputy Mayor

36. Elected mayors are required to appoint a deputy mayor from the body of councillors but beyond having the power to formally deputize for the elected mayor in their absence; it is the elected mayor who determines the scope of their deputy‟s workload and responsibility. This varies greatly, from purely advisory (Torbay) to temporary and limited (Tower Hamlets) to having extensive delegated powers with a portfolio responsibility (Leicester). However, most deputy mayors do have a degree of executive powers delegated to them through being assigned a cabinet portfolio.

37. The comparative research shows that the total remuneration of Deputy Mayors ranges from £11,534 in Hartlepool to £50,412 in Lewisham, with an average of £31,681 and median of £27,00012.

38. Another way of expressing this remuneration is in relative to the elected mayors‟ remuneration. In other words, the average remuneration of English mayors is 46% of the average remuneration for English elected mayors, with the median ratio being 45%. The Bristol City Council Panel has historically arrived at the other SRAs by setting as a ratio of the Leader‟s SRA, with the Leader being assessed at 100%. This is an approach specifically mentioned in the 2006 Statutory Guidance.

39. If the Panel was to follow the same methodology it has taken in recommending the other SRAs in Bristol City Council, i.e. set as a percentage of the Leader‟s SRA, and to tweak it to reflect total remuneration differentials; and in lieu of knowing the extent to which the elected mayor will delegate to their deputy mayor then the current differential between the Leader‟s role (100%) and Deputy Leader‟s role (62.5%) could be taken as an appropriate guide, and recommend that the deputy mayors total remuneration be 62.5% of the elected mayors remuneration – once the latter has been settled upon. For example, if the Panel recommended that the total remuneration for the elected mayor was to be on par with peers at the average remuneration of £67,097, then the total remuneration of the deputy mayor would be 62.5%, or £41,936 (Basic Allowance £11,416 and SRA of £30,520)

40. Finally, rather than second guess how a future elected mayor will determine the job size of their appointed deputy mayor a more simple approach might be to take the current SRA paid to Deputy Leader as an interim measure. This is essentially the approach taken by Salford City Council in May 2012 for deputy mayor and other cabinet members until it could organise and received advice from its Panel after it

11 See PwC Report to the Senior Salaries Review Body, “Police and Crime Commissioners – job evaluation and pay comparisons”, 13 July 2011, paragraph 3.3 12 The remuneration of deputy mayors and other cabinet members is expressed as the total received, i.e., the Basic Allowance + SRA. Recommendations the Panel make for the remuneration of the deputy mayor and other cabinet members may expressed as a total package but for legal reasons this package would have to be divided between the Basic Allowance and SRA.

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had undertaken a full review.13 This would mean the total remuneration of the appointed deputy mayor would be set at the current Basic Allowance (£11,416) in addition to the current Deputy Leader‟s SRA (£21,066) which equates to £32,482.

41. Looking at elected PCCs for guidance is of limited utility – they will not be sharing their executive powers with a deputy or cabinet. There are no express provisions to remunerate members of the Police and Crime Panels. There is not real analogous elected role for neither deputy mayors nor cabinet members.

The Other Cabinet Members

42. It is even more difficult to make definitive recommendations on the remuneration for the other cabinet members when the size of that cabinet will be decided by an elected mayor who is not yet elected, subject to a minimum of 2 and maximum of 8 other cabinet members. This uncertainty is further compounded by the ability of a future elected mayor being able to delegate no powers to their other cabinet members to delegating nearly all of the elected mayors‟ powers to their cabinet, either on an individual or collective level. There is the greatest scope for variation in the size of the roles of other cabinet members.

43. This scope for variation is replicated in the remuneration of cabinet members in the 15 other elected mayoral authorities – which ranges from £10,899 in North Tyneside to £42,499 in Hackney. The average remuneration package for the other cabinet members in elected mayoral authorities is £22,944, and the median £22,723 – both which on average is approximately one third of the total remuneration of their elected mayors.

44. Rather than be guided by the averages produced by peer review the Panel could replicate some of the suggested approaches outlined above for arriving at the recommendation for the remuneration of the other cabinet members namely;

For instance, replicate the ratio (33%) between the average remuneration of elected mayors (£67,097) and other cabinet members (£22,944). Take a more Bristol focused approach and replicate the current remuneration ratio between the Leader‟s current total remuneration (£51,889) and other Cabinet Members total remuneration (£31,481), which is 60%. Or, convert the current remuneration for Bristol City Council executive members into the recommended remuneration for other Cabinet Members in the future mayoral model and maintain their SRA at £20,065 (plus the Basic Allowance). This is the approach that has been adopted in Liverpool, although the Basic Allowance was increased with the introduction of the mayoral system

Conclusions: Summarizing the Options

13 See Salford City Council, Report of the Chief Executive to the Council, “Members Allowances Scheme”, 16th May 2012

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45. By summarising the analysis outlined above it crystallizes a number of options and particular ranges for the Panel to concentrate on when making its recommendations as follows:

The Elected Mayor

Setting it at the Current Remuneration for Leader Simply take the view that the current total remuneration for the leader, which is £51,889 (Basic Allowance of £11,416 plus SRA of £40,473) is appropriate for the elected mayor until experience proves otherwise. The main problem with this approach is while the role of an elected mayor has a degree of uncertainty what is certain is that it will be different from that of leader, in terms of powers, transparency and accountability and how the government views the role of elected mayors. Moreover, it would mean the elected mayor of Bristol City Council would formally be the lowest in the country. It does not meet the “fair fit” test. There may be more validity in adopting this approach for the remuneration of the deputy mayor and even more so for the other cabinet members as less is known in advance about how the mayor will decide scope of these posts.

The Peer Review Approach: the Other 15 Mayoral Authorities By reviewing the remuneration of the elected mayors peers, i.e., other elected mayors, it leads to a strong cluster/relatively tight range of between £60,000 and £69,000. This range is further narrowed down if stronger reference was made to the mean remuneration for elected mayors (£67,097) or median remuneration (£65,738).

Comparing to other Public Roles Approach If compared to PCCs it produces a range between £65,000 and £100,000, with a more focused figure of £85,000 if the analogy to the PCC of Avon & Somerset is used as main analogy The popular comparison against being worth the same as an MP is a popular one in many mayoral authorities (which largely explains the median elected mayors remuneration in England) and leads to a figure of £65,738 The 25% enhancement on a MPs salary that the London Councils Panel advocates produces a remuneration of £82,173 Alternatively a more Bristol focused of the London approach would be to enhance the Leader by 25% produces a remuneration of £64,681

The Factor Approach By replicating the median multiple (7.7) of the average Basic Allowance over the average Mayoral remuneration, it produces a figure of £87,903

The Deputy Mayor

The Peer Review Approach

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Simply base the remuneration of the deputy mayor on the mean figure nationally which is £31,681, or the median remuneration of £27,000. Use the average ratio between other elected mayors and deputy mayors and set the deputy mayors remuneration at 46% (mean) of what the Panel recommends for the elected mayor remuneration, the median ratio is 45%.

Replicating the Current Bristol Model Currently the total remuneration of the deputy leader equates to 62.5% of the leaders total remuneration and this ratio could be replicated for the deputy mayor once the elected mayors‟ remuneration has been agreed. A variation on the above would be to simply convert the current total remuneration of the deputy leader into the total remuneration for the deputy mayor, even as a temporary measure. This would produce a total remuneration of £32,482 for the deputy mayor

The Other Cabinet Members

The Peer Review Approach Simply base the recommended remuneration for the other Cabinet Members on the mean remuneration nationally, which is £22,944, or the median remuneration of £22,723. The current Bristol Basic Allowance could then be deducted to arrive at the recommended SRA. Or use the average remuneration ratio between elected mayors and other cabinet members nationally and set the other cabinet members remuneration in Bristol on the same basis. This would mean using a ratio of 34% (mean) or 33% (median) of what the Panel recommends for the elected mayors remuneration.

Replicating the Current Bristol Model Currently the total remuneration of the other cabinet members equates to 60% of the leaders total remuneration and this ratio could be replicated for remuneration of the other cabinet members once the elected mayors‟ remuneration has been agreed. A more simple variation on the above would be to convert the current total remuneration executive (cabinet) members under the leader/cabinet governance model into the total remuneration for the other cabinet members in the elected mayor/cabinet governance model. This could be done expressly as an interim measure (as was done in Salford) or on a more permanent basis as was done in Liverpool. This would produce a total remuneration of £31,481 (the current Basic Allowance of £11,416 plus the executive members SRA of £20,065) for the other cabinet members.

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APPENDIX 1

Remuneration English Elected Mayors 2012/13 Type of Basic Total Salary of Mayors Total Salary as Authority Authority Allowance Elected Mayor multiple of BA

Bedford Unitary £10,000 £60,000 6.0

Doncaster Met £12,000 £60,000 5.0

Hackney LB £9,944 £75,846 7.6

Hartlepool Unitary £5,767 £63,902 11.1

Leicester Unitary £9,829 £65,738 6.7

Lewisham LB £9,812 £77,722 7.9

Liverpool Met £10,077 £79,500 7.9

Mansfield District £6,187 £53,151 8.6

Middlesbrough Unitary £6,130 £67,430 11.0

Newham LB £10,829 £81,029 7.5

North Tyneside Met £7,896 £61,734 7.8

Salford Met £10,080 £69,000 6.8

Torbay Unitary £7,912 £60,659 7.7

Tower Hamlets LB £10,065 £65,000 6.5

Watford District £7,209 £65,738 9.1

Lowest £5,767 £53,151 5.0

Highest £12,000 £81,029 11.1

Mean £8,916 £67,097 7.8

Median £9,829 £65,738 7.7

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APPENDIX 2

Remuneration Deputy Mayors in Elected Mayor Authorities 2012/13

Type of Basic Deputy Deputy Mayors Deputy Mayors/Elected Authority Authority Allowance Mayors SRA Total Salary Mayors Total Salary Ratio

Bedford Unitary £10,000 £12,000 £22,000 37%

Doncaster Met £12,000 £15,000 £27,000 45%

Hackney LB £9,944 £38,623 £48,567 64%

Hartlepool Unitary £5,767 £5,767 £11,534 18%

Leicester Unitary £9,829 £39,572 £49,401 75%

Lewisham LB £9,812 £40,600 £50,412 65%

Liverpool Met £10,077 £31,800 £41,877 53%

Mansfield District £6,187 £17,968 £24,155 45%

Middlesbrough Unitary £6,130 £18,390 £24,520 36%

Newham LB £10,829 £35,042 £45,871 57%

North Tyneside Met £7,896 £6,792 £14,688 24%

Salford Met £10,080 £34,770 £44,850 65%

Torbay Unitary £7,912 £19,596 £27,508 45%

Tower Hamlets LB £10,065 £14,742 £24,807 38%

Watford District £7,209 £10,815 £18,024 27%

Lowest £5,767 £5,767 £11,534 18% Highest £12,000 £40,600 £50,412 75% Mean £8,916 £22,765 £31,681 46% Median £9,829 £18,390 £27,000 45%

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APPENDIX 3

Remuneration Other Cabinet Members in Mayoral Authorities 2012/13 No. Total SRA Cabinet Cabinet Total Per Type of Basic Other Spend Other Members/Elected Authority Members Cabinet Authority Allowance Cabinet Cabinet Mayors Total SRA Member Members Members Salary Ratio Bedford Unitary £10,000 £10,000 £20,000 8 £80,000 33%

Doncaster Met £12,000 £12,000 £24,000 8 £96,000 40%

Hackney LB £9,944 £32,555 £42,499 6 £195,330 56%

Hartlepool Unitary £5,767 £5,767 £11,534 2 £11,534 18%

Leicester Unitary £9,829 £16,563 £26,392 5 £82,815 40%

Lewisham LB £9,812 £15,298 £25,110 8 £122,384 32%

Liverpool Met £10,077 £14,032 £24,109 8 £112,256 30%

Mansfield District £6,187 £14,885 £21,072 6 £89,310 40%

Middlesbrough Unitary £6,130 £12,260 £18,390 6 £73,560 27%

Newham LB £10,829 £31,042 £41,871 7 £217,294 52%

North Tyneside Met £7,896 £3,003 £10,899 5 £15,015 18%

Salford Met £10,080 £13,011 £23,091 8 £104,088 33%

Torbay Unitary £7,912 £6,532 £14,444 8 £52,256 24%

Tower Hamlets LB £10,065 £12,658 £22,723 8 £101,264 35%

Watford District £7,209 £10,815 £18,024 3 £32,445 27%

Lowest £5,767 £3,003 £10,899 2 £11,534 18% Highest £12,000 £32,555 £42,499 8 £217,294 56% Mean £8,916 £14,028 £22,944 6.4 £92,370 34% Median £9,829 £12,658 £22,723 7 £89,310 33%

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Notes to Members’ Allowances schemes from other Mayoral Authorities

Doncaster: The elected mayor only draws down £30,000 per year.

Leicester: IRP recommended £100k total salary for elected mayor in 2011 but recommendation was rejected by Council and set at set at MPs salary. In addition, elected mayor is entitled to 3 months severance.

SRA ratio for deputy mayor and other cabinet members was maintained on ratio recommended by the IRP at 75% and 40% based on total package of elected mayor.

Lewisham: Remuneration for elected mayor originally set by bespoke panel pre-2003.

Liverpool: Council accepted IRP recommendation of £79,500 remuneration for the elected mayor but elected mayor has chosen to draw down £66,000.

Mansfield: Remuneration for elected mayor originally set with reference to MPs salary.

Middlesboro: Elected mayor‟s SRA is expressly set at 10 X the Basic Allowances, deputy mayor‟s SRA at 3 X the Basic Allowance, and other cabinet members SRAs at 2 X Basic Allowance.

Newham: Current SRA for deputy mayor is on a “pro-rata” basis as post holder is appointed on a rolling six month basis by the elected mayor. Two cabinet members receive a lesser SRA of £18,624, on a “pro rata” basis as they are in employment and do not undertake the role on the remuneration assessment of 5 days per week.

The figures quoted for total spend on Cabinet SRA are based on 7 full time other cabinet members at an SRA of £31,042 each.

There are also another 7 members who have “executive appointments” with portfolio responsibilities but they are not formal members of the cabinet. 2 of these “executive appointments” receive an SRA of £31,042, 1 receives an SRA of £26,901, 1 receives an SRA of £18,624, 1 receives an SRA, and 2 receive £14,488. The remaining “executive appointment” does not receive an SRA as it is deemed a one-off and time limited portfolio.

Salford: Elected mayor has appointed another five “assistant Mayors”, with portfolio responsibilities and advisory role to cabinet, each are paid an SRA of £9,758.

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Torbay: Members Allowances Scheme has provision for 3 types of Cabinet Members and 3 levels of SRA:

- With Individual decision making powers £13,064 - With collective decision making powers £9,798 - With advisory powers only £6,532.

At present the elected mayor retains all decision making powers (made in full council) and Cabinet Members are advisory only

Tower Hamlets: A Members‟ Working Party (with its work informed by the Joint Remuneration Panel for London Councils) originally a total salary for elected mayor of £74,995, partly on basis that this figure was comparable to other LBC elected but at bottom of the range. Council rejected this and adopted £65,000.

Watford: Elected mayor‟s remuneration linked to MPs salary up to 2010.

Remuneration of MPs, MSPs, MWAs and MLAs 2012-08-27

MPs £65,738 MSPs £57,520 (87.5% of MP) MWAs £53,852 MLAs £43,101 (to increase to £48,000 next year)

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APPENDIX 4 INFORMATION REVIEWED Sources reviewed for Briefing Paper to Bristol City Council IRP

Centre for Cities/Institute for Government Big shot or long shot? How elected mayors can help drive economic growth in England’s Cities, June 2011

Colin Copus Elected Mayors in English Local Government: Mayoral Leadership and Creating a new Political Dynamic, Lex Localis - Journal Of Local Self-Government Vol. 9, No. 4, pp. 335 - 351, October 2011

Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) - New Council Constitutions: Guidance on Regulation for Local Authority Allowances May 2006 - What can a mayor do for your city? A consultation, November 2011 - What can a mayor do for your city? Government Response to the mayoral consultation, January 2012

Joint Independent Remuneration Panel for ALG (now London Councils) - Making Allowances: the remuneration of Councillors in London, August 2001 - The Remuneration of Councillors in London 2010, May 2010

Leicester City Council Independent Remuneration Panel, Review of Allowances for the City Mayor and Councillors of Leicester City Council, November 2011

Liverpool City Council Independent Remuneration Panel: Report to Council Annual Review of the Members’ Allowances Scheme by the Independent Panel on Members Allowances, 23 May 2012

Local Authorities (Members‟ Allowances) (England) Regulations 2003, SI 1021

PwC Report to the Senior Salaries Review Body Police and Crime Commissioners – job evaluation and pay comparisons, 13 July 2011

Report and Recommendations of the Independent Remuneration Panel to Salford City Council Review of Allowances for the City Mayor and Deputy City Mayor, July 2012

Review Body on Senior Salaries, Report No. 78 Report on the pay of Police and Crime Commissioners 2011, October 2011

Salford City Council, Report of the Chief Executive to the Council, Members Allowances Scheme, 16th May 2012

The Local Authorities (Elected Mayor and Mayor‟s Assistant) (England) Regulations 2002, SI 975 In addition details of the allowances schemes from the 15 mayoral authorities were checked with emails and follow up phones to relevant officers from each authority.

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