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   "notes": "LGPS: 'Contributions from employer payable to the scheme' £15.655m per the Reconciliation of Fair Value of Scheme Assets (Strathclyde Pension Fund), Note 29 (Defined Benefit Pension Schemes), printed in £m; the sharp fall reflects the Strathclyde Pension Fund employer contribution rate cut from 19.3% to 6.5% for 2024/25 stated in the same note. The Movement in Reserves Statement table in the same note prints a different 'Contributions from employer payable to scheme' figure of £35.721m; the accounts do not reconcile the two, so the fund-assets figure (cash received by the Fund) is used. Teachers: £19.659m recognised in respect of teachers' retirement benefits (25.62% of pensionable pay) per Note 30 (Defined Contribution Schemes), printed in £m; no additional early-retirement costs in 2024/25. No combined total printed."
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   "total": 668772,
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   "n": null,
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   "n": null,
   "notes": "Table 7 'Total Remuneration Paid to Councillors' in the Remuneration Report: salaries £685,183, expenses £5,018, total £690,201, printed in whole £. Number of councillors not stated."
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   "n": null,
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   "salaries": 752088,
   "n": null,
   "notes": "Table 7 'Total Remuneration Paid to Councillors' in the Remuneration Report: salaries £752,088, allowances £0, expenses £22,759, total £774,847, printed in whole £. Number of councillors not stated."
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   "council": "North Ayrshire",
   "fy": "2024/25",
   "total": 807984,
   "salaries": 789589,
   "n": null,
   "notes": "Table 7 'Total Remuneration Paid to Councillors' in the Remuneration Report: salaries £789,589, allowances £0, expenses £18,395, total £807,984, printed in whole £. No non-cash expenses or benefits in kind paid during 2024/25. Number of councillors not stated."
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