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”
frank100
Phoowee! How do you know what subject his degree or even class of degree is? You have nothing on which to base your assumption nor have you anything to back up the assumption that “somebody in their family at one point tried hard enough to make a lot of money so their descendants could enjoy them self’s”
Simon
to be fair i earned around that in my late teens. If you find a good company to work for and stick with them you can earn more if they have a decent progression program and annual pay rises. i earned 7k in pay rises in 8 years at mine.
Steve
Can’t believe more people haven’t cottoned on to this quicker. Doesn’t really get as many cheap headlines though.
frank100
no, thats the lazy right wing concept of the “politics of jealousy” or the “politics of envey” which implies that the complainant wants something for himself. More often it’s the “politics of justice” or the “politics of fairnes”
frank100
Yes, these are all “earned incomes” trouble is so much of the higher incomes are “unearned incomes” resulting from speculation not true work