A Peel commissioner is insisting he was right to try and save ratepayers' money in a row over staffing costs at the Western Civic Amenity Site.
Roger Gimbert has come under fire from unions for criticising government’s decision to increase pay for six employees at the facility, at a total cost of around ?26,000.
Unite say the workers are now receiving the correct rates of pay, but Mr Gimbert says they had already signed up to full Whitley Council rights under an agreement which should also have protected ratepayers:

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