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Declining pay is an issue for both staff and chiefs

It seems like another era when communities secretary Eric Pickles lambasted council chief executives for earning ‘more than the prime minister.’

It seems like another era when communities secretary Eric Pickles lambasted council chief executives for earning ‘more than the prime minister.'

We haven't heard that for a while for various reasons and not only because Mr Pickles is no longer in situ. Firstly, council chief executive salaries have declined in the past five years as higher-paid incumbents appointed in the years of plenty are replaced by those on lower packages. Secondly, their pay is dwarfed by the salaries of bosses running privatised utilities – basically still monopoly public services – which are often four or five times higher than those of council chiefs.

Michael Burton

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