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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/town-halls-get-megasalary-veto.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Eric Pickles said he wanted to 'democracy proof' the award of 'mega' deals for council executives" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-town-halls-get-megasalary-veto.jpg" alt="Eric Pickles said he wanted to 'democracy proof' the award of 'mega' deals for council executives"/></a></p>
<p>Councillors are to be given the power to block town hall salaries of more than £100,000 under government reforms.</p>
<p>Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles said he wanted to &#8220;democracy proof&#8221; the award of &#8220;mega&#8221; deals for council executives.</p>
<p>Appointments on more than £100,000 a year will in future require the approval of the full council.</p>
<p>The move, as part of the Localism Bill, is the latest of a series of attempts by Mr Pickles to increase transparency and reduce costs in local government.</p>
<p>The salaries of town hall senior managers are thought to cost more than £600 million a year.</p>
<p>Mr Pickles has already called on chief executives on more than £200,000 to take a 10% pay cut and those earning £150,000 to take a 5% pay cut. Prime Minister David Cameron earns £142,000 a year.</p>
<p>The new legislation will force councils to publish a statement on the pay of chief officers &#8211; possibly including bonuses and annual rises &#8211; which will be put before the elected chamber for approval.</p>
<p>Mr Pickles said: &#8220;Councils need to make sure they don&#8217;t sully their reputation by taking decisions behind closed doors to reward chief executives when they should be focusing resources on protecting frontline services.</p>
<p>&#8220;The changes we are introducing will mean that local government jobs will now have to be &#8216;democracy proofed&#8217; before mega salaries are paid out.</p>
<p>&#8220;I think the democratically elected leaders of any council should make sure they have their say on pay and that £100,000 is the place to start that.&#8221;</p>
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