
Tax dodge saves civil servants millions
Over 2,000 civil servants are on special contracts which means they are not salaried staff
191 public servants to earn more than PM
Danny Alexander has agreed that 191 public servants can earn more than £142,500 a year
Treasury orders another £16bn of cuts
The Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander is to ask Whitehall to save another 5 per cent
''All out on 10 May,'' say unions
''A programme of ongoing action, starting with national strikes'' will begin a day after the Queen's Speech
Health department execs ''avoiding tax''
The claim is that around 20 senior Department of Health executives are being paid through their businesses
It's a powerful argument
The Scottish government has pledged to meet the equivalent of 100 per cent of gross annual electricity demand from renewables by 2020. Maureen Ferrier looks at what's been achieved so far
Social housing: act now
Efforts to force rent levels down are destined to fail if the amount of social housing stock is not increased, says Phil Shanks. He calls for a systematic rolling programme that utilises properties that can be returned to available stock alongside new developments
''It isn't easy being in a coalition government''
Governing in coalition with a party you have opposed all your political life isn't easy, the minister for employment relations, consumer and postal affairs Ed Davey said as he unveiled plans to ''transform'' post offices
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