Archive for January 16th, 2007

Bonus time!

Tuesday, January 16th, 2007

Even the most positive-thinking optimist would admit it hasn’t been the best of years for the Home Office. So it’s somewhat surprising that £3.5 million was paid in performance-related bonuses this year.

Is John Reid going to copy Patricia Hewitt’s comments about the NHS and claim it’s the police and immigration services’ best ever year?

As government departments struggle for cash and are being forced to make staff redundant it seems bizarre to say the least that one of the worst-performing departments in Whitehall can get away with premium pay packages.