Councils should put details of chief executive pay and pensions on their websites, SOLACE president, Trish Haines, has urged. As the economic crisis deepened, and senior officers were faced with an increasing number of Freedom of Information requests on their pay and pensions, councils should be more open and transparent on the issue, she said. Speaking at the SOLACE annual dinner in London last week, Ms Haines - who is also chief executive of Worcestershire CC - said: 'We have to be careful we don't get into a situation where we are appearing to defend the indefensible.' 'One of the options we have been discussing is trying to be - and appear to be - less secretive about routine publishing of salary details and pension schemes.' She asked for views from SOLACE members about publishing these details on their websites.
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