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Public sector spending

Public sector salaries and town hall spending on the rise.

Council chiefs ignore calls to cut their salaries

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More than 9,000 public sector workers earn more than the Prime Minister.

Millions lost on junkets, pay-offs and sickness

revealed

Town hall spending has risen by 84% in the past ten years, to over £160bn.

Public pay: Just how many earn £100k?

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Which public employees earn the most? The Bureau is finding out.


Public sector spending

May 24th, 2011 by | 1 Comment
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Houses of Parliament - Flickr / blickstilla

Public sector salaries and town hall spending on the rise.


Public Sector Spending: Is Labour really ‘not to blame for the deficit’?

January 6th, 2011 by | 2 Comments
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Bureau shows public sector pay and town hall spending ballooned under Labour.


Council chiefs ignore calls to cut their salaries

January 5th, 2011 by
Published in All Stories, Open Society, Public sector spending

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More than 9,000 public sector workers earn more than the Prime Minister.


Hutton report fails to address the burning question

December 1st, 2010 by
Published in All Stories, Open Society, Public sector spending

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Will Hutton’s report: can we afford six figure salaries to our public sector bosses?


BBC Question Time discusses Bureau’s investigation into public sector pay

November 20th, 2010 by
Published in All Stories, Open Society, Public sector spending, Views from the Bureau

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BBC’s Question Time debates whether public sector workers should be earning more than the PM.


Councils give inaccurate answers to FOI requests

November 8th, 2010 by | 2 Comments
Published in All Stories, Open Society, Public sector spending

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Bureau’s investigation reveals huge shortcomings in councils’ FOI teams.


Millions lost on junkets, pay-offs and sickness

November 2nd, 2010 by | 3 Comments
Published in All Stories, Open Society, Public sector spending

revealed

Town hall spending has risen by 84% in the past ten years, to over £160bn.


Scots earn top senior pay

September 22nd, 2010 by | 1 Comment
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Scotland’s senior public sector workers earn £2,000 higher than English counterparts.


Women lag in pay stakes

September 20th, 2010 by | 6 Comments
Published in All Stories, Open Society, Public sector spending

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Women outnumbered: only 20 percent of high earners are female


Council bosses clean up

September 20th, 2010 by | 12 Comments
Published in All Stories, Open Society, Public sector spending

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Councils pay senior staff over £245 million in pay and perks.


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