10:36am Thursday 2nd September 2010
By Daniel Binns
WALTHAM Forest councillors cost taxpayers more than £1.2million in allowances and expenses during the last financial year, it has been revealed.
Figures released by the authority show £2,640 was spent on travel and subsistence costs, with £469,000 paid out for politicians with a special responsibility at the council.
Council leader Chris Robbins received just over £50,000 last year, including allowances and expenses, while former deputy leader John Macklin - who is no longer a councillor - got £40,000.
Former cabinet members Terry Wheeler, Elizabeth Phillips and Bob Belam were each paid more than £32,000 in total.
Councillors paid the most in expenses include Cllr Robbins, who got £307, along with cabinet members Liaquat Ali who received £264 and Clyde Loakes who claimed £149.
Former Conservative councillor Eric Williams received £262 while Cllr Phillips, of the Lib Dems, was paid £197.
Cabinet Cllr Marie Pye received more than £32,000, including £948 in expenses, although her costs are adjusted because she is disabled.
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