Councillors' remuneration and expenses recommendations: SG response
Scottish Local Authorities Remuneration Committee (SLARC) was asked to review the remuneration of all Councillors and consider whether the present levels of remuneration, for ordinary and senior Councillors, were appropriate for the current context. This report sets out the Scottish Government's response to the recommendations.
Errata
An errata was published on 21 january 2026 as a result of changes on PDF pages 5 and 6 to our response to recommendation 10. The HTML and PDF have been updated to reflect these changes