Wants no leader's salary (8)
I believe the answer is:
earnings
'salary' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'wants no leader's' is the wordplay.
'wants' becomes 'yearnings' (a yearning feeling is a feeling of want).
'no leader's' means to remove the first letter (I've seen 'no leader' mean this).
'yearnings' with its initial letter removed is 'EARNINGS'.
(Other definitions for earnings that I've seen before include "Monies obtained in return for labour or services" , "Proceeds" , "Remunerations" , "Moneys brought in for grannies" , "Wages for grannies" .)