Whitehall officials banked at least £42 million in bonuses last year – and the true figure is likely to be much higher, the Daily Mail can reveal. Civil servants at the Ministry of Defence pocketed the lion’s share of salary top-ups, with the department spending more than £12.2 million on bonus packages. Bureaucrats on salaries of … Read more
Year after year, it is always one of the most moving sights in the calendar. For as far as the eye can see, there are veterans of all ages — a few frail witnesses to Monte Cassino or the Burmese jungle or the huts of Bletchley Park; old sweats from Korea or Malaya or Aden; … Read more
Revealed: Whitehall mandarins spent £370,000 on unconscious bias training despite doubts about its effectiveness Seven Government departments spent £370,000 on unconscious bias training The Department for Work and Pensions came top with £112,500 over two years Civil Service Talent Action Plan required workers to be taught unconscious bias Equality and Human Rights Commission found no … Read more
The number of Whitehall mandarins on £100,000 or more has gone up by 15 per cent in just 12 months. Official figures show a record 1,560 civil servants are paid at least three times the national average salary. The exclusive club has increased by 200 in the past year alone – almost doubling in a decade. … Read more