Slough councillors claim £27 of mileage compared to £8,686 in the Royal Borough
ONLY one councillor has claimed travel expenses in the last year, new figures show.
Slough Borough Council published a list of councillors' allowances from April 2012, to April 2013, last week.
The only councillor who claimed travel expenses was cllr Bharat Mittal, who claimed £27.
Slough councillors can only claim for travel outside the borough - with their basic allowance of £7,100 expected to be used to meet costs of travelling to council duties inside the borough.
This differs from neighbouring Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, whose 58 councillors claimed £8,686 worth of mileage allowance between them.
They can claim this allowance for any travel where they are representing the Royal Borough.
In total, £419,397 in allowances was paid to Slough's 41 councillors, compared to £582,360 between Royal Borough councillors.
Slough's biggest earner was council leader Rob Anderson. He was paid £25,560 - which includes the basic allowance and £18,459 for his special responsibility.
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