THE highest earners at Brighton and Hove City Council have been revealed.

Figures released by the Tax Payers Alliance show every council employee who is paid more than £100,000.

There were nine people who earned more than that between 2017 to 2018 – including council boss Geoff Raw, who makes more money than Prime Minister Theresa May. Her salary is £149,000.

Seven council bosses have been named.

The list includes two anonymous people were also paid more than £100,000, but this could include redundancy payouts.

The figures reveal that only one woman is among the highest earners.

Here are the highest earners at Brighton and Hove City Council – the figures include pension pay-ins:

1) Geoff Raw, chief executive, £188,369.

2) Anonymous, £182,500.

3) David Kuenssberg, director of finance and resources, £137,622.

4) Pinaki Ghoshal, director of families, children and learning, £137,622

5) Rob Persey, director of health and adult social care, £136,984

6) Anonymous, £132,500

7) Nick Hibberd, director of economy, environment and culture, £125,677

8) Larissa Reed, director of neighbourhoods, communities and housing services, £123,934

9) Abraham Ghebre Ghiorghis, director for strategy governance and law, £118,898.

A spokeswoman for Brighton and Hove City Council said: "The information included in the Taxpayer’s Alliance report has been taken from our published council accounts.

"The table on page 92 of our accounts shows the money paid to senior directors in 2016/17 and 2017/18.

“The table on page 94 shows money paid to other employees receiving more than £50,000 in either of those years, this can include payments such as redundancy when someone leaves their service to the council.

“There are legal restrictions which prevent the council from naming the individuals concerned.”

The list is part of a nationwide list put together but the Tax Payers Alliance (TPA).

A spokesman for the TPA said: “Many senior managers at local authorities have performed well in tough financial times.

“There are many reports of residents seeing no difference in the services they receive despite the necessary savings being made.

“However, the list also showcases the executives who have overseen failing departments, or received bumper pay-offs after a poor performance in the job.

“The research is a vital tool for taxpayers wanting to judge which authorities are delivering then best value for money.”

Mark Turner from the GMB union said salaries at the council “from top to bottom” were below the nationwide average and not excessive.

He argued it was because the council uses an out-of-date payment structure for its employees.

He said: “The council has inherited and continued an old pay-line which dates back to the 1980s.

“We have been raising the issue that the council is losing a lot of talent as the pay is not keeping in step with the rest of the country.

“They are starting to realise this, but to fix it, they will have to invest millions.”

Between 2017 to 2018, 607 council employees across the UK earned more than £150,000.

There were 2,441 council employees who received more than £100,000.

That is 135 more then in the same period a year before.

The UK’s highest-earning council ­official received a yearly pay package of nearly £600,000.

Roger Parkin, an interim chief executive at Slough Borough Council, was the highest-remunerated local official in the country.