Tory council leader believes ‘basic salary’ is 80k

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The deputy leader of Westminster Council has caused anger after claiming that a 'basic' first-job salary is in the region of £50,000 to £80,000.

The deputy leader of Westminster Council has caused anger after claiming that a ‘basic’ first-job salary pays in the region of £50,000 to £80,000.

Talking about housing the London, cllr Robert Davis said

“What we really need is affordable housing, not just social housing, for people who are in their first job, have just got a basic, simple job and a salary of £50,000 to £80,000 a year.”

Cllr Davis made the comments during an interview with a PR company that specialises in working with property developers.

In reality, anyone earning over £50,000 would be in the top 10 per cent of earners, and the top 30 per cent in Westminster. The average full-time employee in the UK earns £26,200 according to the latest figures from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, while the average basic graduate salary is between £27,000 – £29,000.

Fellow Westminster councillor David Boothroyd said it showed “the sections of society the council leadership is in touch with”.

“With everyone else, they’re not so much out of touch, as completely cut off,” Mr Boothroyd said.

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82 Responses to “Tory council leader believes ‘basic salary’ is 80k”

  1. Christopher Mclaughlin

    How could you possibly be this out of touch. We can never expect these people to understand the needs and concerns of the working class

  2. Christopher Mclaughlin

    How could you possibly be this out of touch. We can never expect these people to understand the needs and concerns of the working class

  3. Futile Democracy

    Oh those simple, basic £80,000 a year first jobs. We’ve all have those.

  4. Susie

    What an idiot. How did he get his job? Someone please explain? Infuriating! Most people I know earn less than £14,000 a year, and I only earn less than £12,000. I wonder if he can imagine that! @.@

  5. Gaz Hat

    Tory scum WILL earn £50 – 80k for their first scam, sorry, job. How else will they be expected to afford heated stables ??? Oh right I forgot, they stick it on the expenses and bill us idiots for it while we struggle to heat our shoe box homes…

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