Free grub off menu at council.A BUFFET lunch buffet lunch n → buffet m (almuerzo) buffet lunch n → lunch m buffet lunch n → Buffet nt service for councillors which costs taxpayers pounds 250,000 a year is to be axed. The three-course gratis GRATIS. Without reward or consideration. 2. When a bailee undertakes to perform some act or work gratis, he is answerable for his gross negligence, if any loss should be sustained in consequence of it; but a distinction exists between non-feasance and grub will be off the menu once members go fulltime after May's election. Under the new system, councillors will earn a basic salary of pounds 15,452 and will only be allowed to claim back meal costs if they are working away. Glasgow is the only council in Scotland where members get free lunches. It is funded by the city's Common Good Fund and was set up to benefit the people of Glasgow. Supporters say it recognises the hard work of councillors, who currently earn less than pounds 8,000 a year. But SNP SNP Scottish National Party Noun 1. SNP - (genetics) genetic variation in a DNA sequence that occurs when a single nucleotide in a genome is altered; SNPs are usually considered to be point mutations that have been evolutionarily councillor John Mason has a novel idea how to spend the savings. He said: "We could use it on more public toilets." |
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