How much are your councillors being paid compared with others?

The Midlands has some of the highest paid councillors in the country.

The TaxPayers' Alliance say councillors in Nottinghamshire, Birmingham and Bolsover receive up to £16,000 allowance.

Councillors in Northamptonshire and Rutland are paid the least.

The councils paying the highest basic allowance to councillors (by type of authority) are:

English County Council - Nottinghamshire - £12,906

English Unitary Authority - Durham - £13,300

English Metropolitan District - Birmingham - £16,267

English Non-Metropolitan District - Bolsover - £9,902

London Borough - Croydon - £11,239

Welsh Council - Seven councils pay £13,868, namely Bridgend, Carmarthenshire, Conwy, Monmouthshire, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Torfaen, and Vale of Glamorgan

Scottish Council - Scottish Borders - £16,932

The councils paying the lowest basic allowance to councillors (by type of authority) are:

English County Council - Northamptonshire - £7,086

English Unitary Authority - Rutland - £3,860

English Metropolitan District - Trafford - £6,352

English Non-Metropolitan District - South Ribble - £1,500

London Borough - Kingston - £7,528

Welsh Council - Cardiff - £11,342

Scottish Council - Clackmannanshire - £16,100.

The five biggest increases in the basic allowance between 2010-11 and 2011-12 were:

Boston Borough Council: £2,378 to £3,052 - a 28 per cent increase

Mid Devon District Council: £3,654 to £4,500 - a 23 per cent increase

Slough Borough Council: £5,973 to £7,100 - a 19 per cent increase

North Hertfordshire District Council: £3,798 to £4,500 - a 18 per cent increase

Tunbridge Wells Borough Council: £4,730 to £5,279 - a 12 per cent increase

The five biggest decreases in the basic allowance between 2010-11 and 2011-12 were:

Tewkesbury Borough Council: £8,850 to £7,200 - a decrease of 19 per cent

Gedling Borough Council: £3,685 to £3,299 - a decrease of 10 per cent

North Lincolnshire Council: £7,638 to £6,874 - a decrease of 10 per cent

Three Rivers District Council: £5,090 to £4,581 - a decrease of 10 per cent

Castle Point Borough Council: £3,550 to £3,195 - a decrease of 10 per cent