Archive for March, 2009
One rule for us, another for you
PM imposes 1.5% senior staff rise Senior civil servants, top NHS managers and judges will get a pay rise of 1.5% next year - lower than was recommended - Gordon Brown has announced, according to the BBC. This comes just a day after MPs are awarded a 2.33% salary increase. Gordon Brown's rationale: Senior public sector staff should "show [...]
A sorry tale that reveals a deeper malaise
Smith's husband sorry over films In parliamentary embarrassment terms, it doesn't get worse than this: You are the Home Secretary… In a government whose Prime Minister has recently called for a complete review of use of expenses, but… While you are under investigation by the parliamentary standards commissioner for possibly inappropriately [...]
