SALARIES for county councillors in Wales are set to increase this year by more than £1,000.

That will take the basic salary paid to all members of the country’s 22 unitary authorities to £19,771 with additional amounts paid to those who serve as council leaders, on cabinets or who chair some committees.

Councillors are currently paid a basic salary of £18,666 and the £1,105 increase, described as an uplift, has been proposed by the Independent Remuneration Panel for Wales.

Under the proposals the leaders of........

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