In the eve of the storm

摘要

Hardly a week goes by without an announcement which does not have some implication for public sector staff. Whether it is communities secretary, Eric Pickles, fulminating against senior salaries, district management teams merging, Lord Hutton on pensions, columnist Will Hutton discussing top pay, or the abolition of the two-tier code, all involve workforce issues and all are against a backdrop of major staff cuts.