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”
fourthletter
“so what if it was inherited it just shows 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” *selves
You sound like a slave owning lazy entitled ass – I doubt you work hard at anything apart from protecting your own ass.
anon
Wow, out of touch somewhat?! We have complete privileged t**ts making so called “policies”
Mike Hague
Total and utter Tory prick – out of touch with the reality they have created for the working classes by selling off OUR national industries and assets to the private sector – who have subsequently and systematically cut workers pay and raised prices in the name of personal greed.
hikari
He’s a councillor: people voted for him. Or more likely voted for the little Tory symbol next to his name on the ballot sheet.
Nick
Anyone under 50k isn’t a tory voter…