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. Peter Salazar

    Typical Tories. Never worked a day in their lives. All born with a silver spoon in their mouths

  2. Scott

    Listened back to it at least 10 times, definitely said fifTY, eighTY, no teen in there.

  3. Russ

    More like
    Anyone working for below £50k isn’t a real person.

  4. David Gerard

    Quite sure. I just listened again.

  5. Nimbus

    I work 35 hours or so a week and make less than 11k.

    It’s probably my fault for not trying hard enough, right?

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