The future of the public sector has become a tale of two Huttons. Last week, John Hutton
disclosed his pension plans and today Will Hutton’s submitted his final recommendations on pay. He makes six substantial points.
1). He has resisted calls to link senior public sector pay with the Prime Minister’s. He told broadcasters this morning: “I think the Prime Minister’s is a completely arbitrary salary. He took a pay cut in the first place and there’s no shortage of people coming forward to be Prime Minister. There’s no problem of recruiting and retaining a Prime Minister. If you’re trying to hire someone to do child protection services in Haringey… You have to pay to get the talent and if you want child protection done well then you’ve got to pay the skilled people to do it.”
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