Unions provide yet more amusement during conference season
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009Dear trade unions, No sooner had you heard Alistair Darling’s announcement about a one-year pay freeze for senior civil servants, members of the judiciary, senior NHS managers, GPs and chief executives of quangos then you were up in arms about it. Your collective reactions were, however, self-centred and short sighted. Furthermore, George Osborne’s announcement yesterday that the entire public sector will face a pay freeze in 2011 made you look rather foolish. In response to Darling’s anno
BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition: Freeze top public pay – Darling
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009This is a syndicated post. Original article from BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition, available at BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition. Chancellor Alistair Darling announces a pay freeze on senior civil servants, NHS managers and GPs.
Freeze top public pay – Darling
Monday, October 5th, 2009Chancellor Alistair Darling announces a pay freeze on senior civil servants, NHS managers and GPs. See more here: Freeze top public pay – Darling
Whitehall plans massive cuts
Saturday, July 4th, 2009TIMES ONLINEJonathan Oliver, Isabel Oakeshott and David SmithSecret “doomsday” plans for 20% cuts in public spending are being prepared by senior civil servants, who fear politicians are failing to confront the scale of the budget black hole.Whitehall mandarins have begun creating detailed dossiers containing reductions in expenditure that are far deeper than the more modest savings being proposed by Labour and Conservative politicians.The disclosure comes as Gordon Brown faces a mutiny insi