The February edition of PCS Defender publishes a letter about the media distortion regarding MoD pay, pensions, bonuses and civil servants in general. The letter was written to Conservative defence spokesperson Liam Fox MP by a PCS member. The letter sums up how a great many civil servants feel about the media frenzy that is [...]
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6 Comments CherryPie on Feb 10th 2010
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Media Myths – MoD Budget
A recent edition of DefenceFocus featured an interview with Jon Thompson, MoD Director General of Finance, who oversees the MoD’s £35 billion budget. Within the interview he exposes some of the myths portrayed in the media:
DF: How much media coverage about the MoD’s coffers is true?
JT: Some of it is not accurate. It’s [...]
1 Comment CherryPie on Jan 31st 2010
No doubt most of you will have read the recent reports in the Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail stating that MoD civil servants have earned in excess of £47 million in bonuses in the last six months. The Telegraph starts the article with this sensational comment:
Civil servants at the Ministry of Defence have [...]
15 Comments CherryPie on Nov 14th 2009
Yesterday the PCS President Janice Godrich visited my workplace to speak at a meeting of PCS members and address their concerns on the Government’s recent proposed changes to the civil service compensation scheme (CSCS). The new plans would radically reduce the compensation that would be paid to civil servants if they were made redundant.
Janice explained [...]
No Comments CherryPie on Sep 30th 2009
A recent study into Civil Service pay by Income Data Services (IDS) further exposes the myth that civil servants are paid more than their counterparts in the private sector. The study reveals that there are gaps of more than £5000 between the Civil Service and the private sector.
The report compares the median salaries of four [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Sep 17th 2009
Last Friday the Government announced plans to radically reduce the compensation paid to civil servants who are made redundant. The proposals are published by the Cabinet Office and are described as “reform” of the civil service compensation scheme. The proposals actually represent a cut in contractual rights to a decent redundancy compensation at a time [...]
21 Comments CherryPie on Aug 4th 2009
Just for fun from the CSRF magazine:
James Callaghan – Labour, 1976-79
Foreign Secretary: Tony Crosland, Dr David Owen.
Chancellor of the Exchequer: Denis Healey.
Home Secretary: Roy Jenkins, Merlyn Rees.
Margaret Thatcher – Conservative, 1979-90
Foreign Secretary: Lord Carrington, Francis Pym, Sir Geoffry Howe, John Major, Douglas Hurd.
Chancellor of the Exchequer: Sir Geoffrey Howe, Nigel Lawson, John Major.
Home Secretary: Willie [...]
15 Comments CherryPie on Jul 6th 2009
