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”
David Gerard
No, it really really isn’t.
Kathryn Duncombe
Me and my husband earn less than 16,000 a year between us and get a slight top up from child tax as we have a toddler. My monthly pay just covers our rent for a small 2 bed flat in the midlands. I am disabled and my husband has a degree and a masters but can not break into the industry he is qualified for. We can not afford for me to finish my degree and my husband wants to be a teacher but also can not afford for him to go back to uni. We can not get any help with rent and pay full council tax. We can not get a mortgage and rent is going up, therefore with the ever increase of price of living, what was once a reasonable wage is no longer enough. This government is not out of touch, they are deluded and evil, evidence is in front of them but they dismiss it. I find myself lucky as I know many who are not and fear ever day of being in their position.
Kieran
Why are you so suprised?
They’re not stupid. They know exactly what they’re doing. The economy isn’t ‘broken’; it’s working exactly how the elite planned for it to work.
Sorry, but the truth does hurt.
Phil
I earn only £6.50 an hour and I am a tory voter…
tikib
Your an idiot voting against your own interests.