According to figures released by the council’s Chief Executive, there are in fact just 406 council tenant households earning more than £50,000. Of those, 38 per cent contain up to five wage earners – an average wage of about £10,000 then. Another 38 per cent contacted up to two wage earners - £25k each – while 23 per cent contained up to three wages (£17k a year). While the exact numbers of earners is not revealed, it many cases, perhaps most, individuals will be hardly huge salaries.

It turns out that the council were bending the truth, just a bit:


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