> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Councillors back recommendation to increase their allowances - URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/councillors-back-recommendation-to-increase-their-allowances/ - Published: 2025-05-15T06:02:00.000Z - Updated: 2025-05-14T10:43:19.000Z - Description: Members of Lichfield District Council have backed proposals to increase their allowances. - Author: Lichfield Live - Tags: Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 18:49, News MEMBERS of Lichfield District Council have backed proposals to increase their allowances. An independent remuneration panel had put forward a recommendation that the basic amount received by councillors would rise from £4,214 to £5,067 a year. Those carrying out “special responsibilities” would also see changes to the additional allowance they receive too. | **Role** | **[2024 allowance](https://www.lichfielddc.gov.uk/downloads/file/1148/councillor-members-scheme?ref=lichfieldlive.co.uk)** | **[2025-26 proposal](https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/content/files/democracy-lichfielddc-gov-uk/documents/s19725/irp-report.pdf)** | | ---------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | Basic allowance | £4,214 | £5,067 | | Leader | £12,641 | £15,201 | | Deputy leader | £7,585 | £9,121 *(payment currently for deputy leader/cabinet member shared role)* | | Cabinet members | £6,952 | £8,361 | | Planning committee chair | £6,320 | £7,089 | | Planning committee vice-chair | £1,589 | £1,772 | | Regulatory and licensing committee chair | £2,529 | £3,800 | | Regulatory and licensing vice-chair | £632 | £760 | | Overview and scrutiny committee chair | £2,529 | £5,067 | | Overview and scrutiny committee vice-chair | £632 | £1,013 | | Audit committee chair | *(£1,589* *payment of previously for chair role on audit and member standards committee)* | £3,040 | | Audit committee vice-chair | (*£632 payment previously for vice-chair role on audit and member standards committee)* | £608 | | Standards committee chair | *(£1,589* *payment of previously for chair role on audit and member standards committee)* | £1,520 | | Standards committee vice-chair | (*£632 payment previously for vice-chair role on audit and member standards committee)* | £304 | | Chair of council | £2,885 | £3,800 | | Vice-chair of council | £721 | £760 | | Employment committee chair | £1,589 | £1,520 | | Employment committee vice-chair | £632 | £304 | | Principal opposition group leader | £2,885 *(principal minority group leader)* | £4,560 | | Principal opposition group deputy leader | £721 *(principal minority group deputy leader* | £912 | | Shadow cabinet members | N/A | £684 | | Leader of minority opposition group (minimum five members) | N/A | £760 | Cllr Derick Cross, independent member for Alrewas and Fradley, was among those to welcome the recommendations in a report to a meeting of the district council this week. He said: > “I have fought and argued for last six years for this to go to an independent panel to look at it for us – we should approve it and move on.” Cllr Thomas Marshall, Conservative member for Armitage with Handsacre, paid tribute to the panel who had put together the report: > “I was once involved with this process about four years ago and I was struck by just how involved a process it is and how many man hours go into it . > > “I think we only have to look at the report to realise that these three people have worked assiduously. > > “We should be extremely grateful for their diligence and their determination to come to a conclusion. > > “It’s been a while since we’ve taken the advice of the panel and I’m glad we’ve given them the recognition that they deserve.”