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Council leader to underpaid workers: ‘You’ll only get your money by taking it from disabled children’

Published 12 August 2026, 12:30pm

Barry Rawlings made the bizarre outburst in a meeting with council employees who have missed out on 12 years' of holiday pay and been offered just six months worth as a "goodwill payment" reports Leïla Davaud

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