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Porter's senior pay comments jar with LGA view

Local Government Association (LGA) chairman Lord Porter has criticised the six-figure salaries paid to council chief executives.

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By Dan Peters | 23 November 2015

Local Government Association (LGA) chairman Lord Porter has criticised the six-figure salaries paid to council chief executives.

Lord Porter said he was ‘not happy' with the level of pay but compared his feelings to his thoughts about top footballers who also ‘get paid a lot of money'.

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