Civil servants paid £128 million in bonuses
Civil servants have been paid more than £128 million in bonuses over the past year, new figures show.
Civil Servants have been paid more than £128 million in bonuses over the past year, figures obtained by the Conservatives show.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) paid out £41 million to civilian staff and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) awarded £36 million.
The payments have been condemned as "rewards for failure" by the Conservatives, who pointed to a string of high-profile failures across government departments. But a Whitehall spokesman said the bonuses ensured that civil servants "go that extra mile".
Meanwhile, the rest of us have to suffer...
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That is a bit of Tory spin. The Civil Service pay scheme enforces bonus element to any pay. In effect this means that part of of any pay deal has to include this one of payment and therefor not pensionable. It is deducted from any consolidated pay settlement.
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