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 [...]
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Janice Godrich Comes to Shropshire
Comments Off 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 [...]
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Media Myths & the Civil Service Again
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 [...]
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Governments I Have Worked For
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
