Shameless MPs are set to provoke fresh public anger by pocketing a staggering £10,000-a-year pay rise.
The salary hike comes as MPs faced a backlash today over their blatant attempt to cover up expenses scams.
After weeks of public fury at leaked details, Commons officials unlocked their files yesterday - with crucial details covered in thick black ink.
It meant MPs who 'flipped' homes to claim on different properties - or charged for services such as moat-cleaning - were spared further embarrassment.
Despite growing fury among voters, it has now been revealed that they are to be rewarded for their greed with a £10,000 pay rise.
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Showing posts with label Public sector Pay. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Public sector Pay. Show all posts
Friday, June 19, 2009
Thursday, March 05, 2009
Public Sector Pay and Perks - Paid for by YOU - Will Cripple This Country for Years to Come
During a week of collapsing markets and soaring job losses, for one privileged section of society it's business as usual.
After mediation by the conciliation service Acas, a million local authority workers are being offered a 2.75 per cent pay rise.
A union leader responded sourly: 'Council workers may be disappointed.' Disappointed? Are they expecting Santa Claus?
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After mediation by the conciliation service Acas, a million local authority workers are being offered a 2.75 per cent pay rise.
A union leader responded sourly: 'Council workers may be disappointed.' Disappointed? Are they expecting Santa Claus?
Read more...
Tuesday, February 03, 2009
Pay 'Apartheid' Between Public and Private Sector Workers Grows By 50%
The pay gap between the public and private sectors has widened dramatically in just four years, official figures show.
State workers now earn an average £62 a week more than their private sector counterparts - a 50 per cent increase in the differential since 2004.
Critics say it is fresh evidence of a developing apartheid between the two groups.
It comes at a time when public sector employment is rising while private workers are losing their jobs at a rate of more than 1,000 a day.
There is also growing anger that many pensions in the private sector are being closed, but taxpayer-funded state pensions remain seemingly untouched by the financial crisis.
In 2004, estimated median public sector earnings - those in the middle range of pay - were £452 a week, figures from the Office for National Statistics show.
Private sector median earnings were £410 a week, £42 less.
The difference remained roughly the same between 1997, when Labour came to power, and 2004. But last year the public sector level was £522, against £460 for private employees.
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State workers now earn an average £62 a week more than their private sector counterparts - a 50 per cent increase in the differential since 2004.
Critics say it is fresh evidence of a developing apartheid between the two groups.
It comes at a time when public sector employment is rising while private workers are losing their jobs at a rate of more than 1,000 a day.
There is also growing anger that many pensions in the private sector are being closed, but taxpayer-funded state pensions remain seemingly untouched by the financial crisis.
In 2004, estimated median public sector earnings - those in the middle range of pay - were £452 a week, figures from the Office for National Statistics show.
Private sector median earnings were £410 a week, £42 less.
The difference remained roughly the same between 1997, when Labour came to power, and 2004. But last year the public sector level was £522, against £460 for private employees.
Read more...
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