VOLUNTEERS interested local government can help set the level of allowances councillors receive for their work.

St Albans District Council is inviting people living or working in the district to become members of the Independent Remuneration Panel.

The panel makes recommendations to the council on the level of allowances paid to the elected councillors.

New members are needed to start on September 24 for a four-year term.

To be considered for membership of the panel you must be aged over 18, a resident of or working in St Albans, not be a current or past councillor of either the district or county council, not be a current employee of the district council, not be a member of any political party, not be disqualified from being or becoming a member of a local authority.

An application can be found on the district council's website www.stalbans.gov.uk