Politics: Tories attack civil service pay ‘hypocrisy’ - The Guardian 14th November 2008

The government will today be accused of double standards after new figures showed that senior civil servants are awarding themselves bumper pay rises while endorsing modest, below inflation, rises to staff on lower grades. Alan Johnson, the health secretary, will be called on to explain the discrepancy, which has seen the most senior NHS civil servant receiving a pay award of up to 13%, while nurses are forced to accept a 1.9% increase.

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