The annual basic allowance which every city councillor can claim will increase from the current £8,321 to £10,271, after the change was rubber stamped at a full council meeting at City Hall this week.

It was the fourth time the proposed increase - recommended by the Independent Renumeration Panel (IRP) - had come before councillors.

The proposal had previously been deferred amid criticism from opposition parties.

The change is expected to effectively increase the money received by only six councillors, because it was also agreed........

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