Pounds 549,000 ; That's How Much the Average Pay of the Top Three Public-Sector Fat Cats has Soared Since Labour Won Power. And the Top Ten Are Up by 105%...Beyond the Wildest Dreams of the Poor Taxpayers Who Fund Them

Mail on Sunday › October 22, 2006

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PAY for Tony Blair's 'fat cat' public-sector bosses has rocketed by five times the rate of inflation even though many have been slated for poor performance and presided over heavy losses.

In the nine years since New Labour came to power in 1997 the top ten earners paid for by the taxpayer have seen their incomes soar by more than three times the rises enjoyed by the average worker, new research shows.

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Pounds 549,000 ; That's How Much the Average Pay of the Top Three Public-Sector Fat Cats has Soared Since Labour Won Power. And the Top Ten Are Up by 105%...Beyond the Wildest Dreams of the Poor Taxpayers Who Fund Them

Critics said the study highlights the galloping wage inflation which has taken hold among the party's 'cronies'.

The highest-paid state earner, Network Rail's chief executive John Armitt, makes Pounds 878,000 a year in salary, benefits and bonuses a staggering 252 per cent mor...

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