We've heard plenty about bankers bonus's from the holier than thou pet Socialists, but unsurprisingly they've never brought up the salary and bonuses that their comrades in arms sponge off the tax payer. A string of Labour councils have complained that they have no option but to claw back drastically on services to the public, but John Foster, chief executive of Labour-controlled Islington Council in north London, has declined to cut his £210,000 pay. However he has approved £100million-worth of cuts including day centre closures and the end of a bus service for the elderly.
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