Mandarins pay 'a political football claims union

摘要

The senior civil servants' trade union has rounded on ministers for treating mandarins' pay as a 'political football' -following a media furore over performance bonuses and tax arrangements. Following revelations that Ed Lester, chief executive of the Student Loans Company, had reduced his income tax liabilities through payments to a private fam, a Treasury-led review is currently investigating the situation for around 4,000 senior Whitehall employees. Dave Penman, deputy general sec- retary of mandarins' union the FDA, said the depth of public outcry could be attributed to recent banking scandals.