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EXCLUSIVE: Public and private sectors poles apart in senior pay

Senior council staff now earn around six times less than their private sector counterparts, research obtained by The MJ has found.

By EXCLUSIVE by Mark Conrad | 31 January 2018

Senior council staff now earn around six times less than their private sector counterparts, research obtained by The MJ has found.

A study by local government's biggest trade union, Unison, also revealed that senior staff have been subject to deep real-terms pay cuts in recent years, in stark contrast to executives across comparable FTSE-listed companies.

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