Councils which have gone bankrupt have been shelling out six-figure fat-cat salaries – frightening taxpayer fury.

Four broke native authorities are paying 45 individuals greater than £100,000.

Campaigners stated the TaxPayers’ Alliance findings will anger many residents dealing with council tax rises.

Croydon council in South London paid 21 employees six-figure salaries final 12 months. Its prime earner was chief government Katherine Kerswell on £192,474.

Croydon was declared bankrupt for the third time in two years in 2022 after falling £1.3billion into the purple.

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It hiked its council tax by a staggering 15 % within the spring.

Thurrock council in Essex, bankrupt in 2022 after working up a £500million deficit, has 13 on greater than £100,000.

The authority was discovered to have recklessly gambled a whole lot of thousands and thousands of kilos on dangerous industrial investments.

It then coated up proof of its losses and tried to silence critics. Locals face a ten % council tax rise this 12 months.

Slough council in Berkshire, which in 2021 had a £100million black gap, pays seven employees six-figure salaries. It too has ramped up council tax by 10 %.

Woking council in Surrey, which is grappling with a £1.2billion deficit, has 4 employees on greater than £100,000. The council has successfully declared itself bankrupt in 2023-24. Council tax is up three % this 12 months.

The pay figures don't embrace whole packages similar to pension funds, bonuses, bills and different prices, which means these on greater than £100,000 is more likely to be increased.

Elliot Keck, on the TaxPayers’ Alliance, stated: “Local taxpayers have looked on in horror as their council bet everything on black, only to end up in the red. Yet town hall bosses are still receiving whopping six-figure salaries, even before pensions and other perks are taken into account.

“Serious restraint on pay should be shown if bankrupt councils are going to balance the books.”

Croydon council stated it delivers “a huge range of statutory and essential services” and given the disaster, it faces “it’s more important than ever that we attract and retain staff with the right skills and experience”.

Woking council additionally stated its pay packages are “consistent with the responsibilities they have”.

It streamlined its senior administration final 12 months, including the brand new bosses have “a wealth of commercial and public sector knowledge and experience that will be pivotal”.

Thurrock and Slough councils have been approached for remark.