Ernie Clark. Hilperton Division, Wiltshire Council.

It's surprising what you can find on the WC web site.

As a result of an instruction from the coalition government, councils now have to reveal the salary bands of their senior officers.

If you want to see who the high earners are (and roughly what they earn) then simply click here.

It takes quite a while to download (I can't think why) but is quite interesting.

If you look at the 'Chief Executive' entry, you will see that he received nearly £1,300 in expenses with his March salary. I have asked a formal question for this months full council meeting requesting a breakdown of this rather large sum. It's probably more than some people at WC earn!!