Nearly 60 council bosses are paid over £150,000 a year in Yorkshire according to data from the TaxPayers Alliance.
Back-office council workers are being asked to volunteer to step into social care roles as the Omicron variant is reducing staffing levels due to illness and isolation.
With warm weather predicted for the coming bank holiday weekend, council bosses and the police have come together to ask people to think carefully before travelling.
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