EIGHT bosses at Bradford Council each took home more than £100,000 in wages and pensions in a year, new figures show. 

The TaxPayers' Alliance pressure group has published the Town Hall Rich List, which reveals the UK council employees who were paid remuneration of more than £100,000 in 2022-23.

Bradford Council said the salaries it pays its senior staff are in line with the rate equivalent roles are paid in other councils.

According to the list, the top earner at Bradford Council was the then chief executive Kersten England, whose package included a salary of £199,472, expenses of £466 and a pension contribution of £34,110, totalling £234,048. The Prime Minister, in comparison, was entitled to a salary of £164,951 in 2022-23.

Strategic director for corporate resources Joanne Hyde earned total remuneration of £179,148, while strategic director for health and well-being Iain MacBeath also earned total remuneration of £179,148.

Strategic director for children's services (formerly interim strategic director for children's services), whose name is not disclosed in the list, earned total remuneration of £172,495; director of human resources, whose name is not disclosed in the list, earned total remuneration of £127,173; director of public health, whose name is not disclosed in the list, earned total remuneration of £126,934; assistant director to office of the chief executive, whose name is not disclosed in the list, earned total remuneration of £120,231; and director of finance and IT, formerly director of finance, earned total remuneration of £116,141.

John O'Connell, TaxPayers' Alliance chief executive, said: "The new financial year has seen Council tax soar across the country.

"Local authorities provide crucial services and residents will want to make sure they are getting bang for their buck with their ever-increasing bills.

"Residents can use these figures to ask whether precious funds are really going towards frontline services, or whether town hall bosses can get better value for money."

A Bradford Council spokesperson said: "The salaries the Council pays to its senior staff are in line with the rate equivalent roles are paid in other councils.

"The Council is part of national collective pay bargaining which is undertaken by the Local Government Employers Association nationally with the recognised trade unions."

A spokesperson for the Local Government Association said: "Councils are large, complex organisations with sizeable budgets.

"It is important that the right people with the right skills and experience are retained to deliver this important work.

"Senior pay is always decided by democratically elected councillors in an open and transparent way."