Taxpayers fund generous pay rises

The latest round of pay increases for ministers, judges, top civil servants and other public officials demonstrates again the extent to which this country is largely run for the benefit of the public sector.

Incredibly, ministers have received 22 separate pay increases since the government first took office in 1997. Some of these were minor, many were not. The 7.5 per cent awarded across the board last week is certainly not minor, by ...