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| Freeze top public pay - Darling | Freeze top public pay - Darling |
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| Chancellor Alistair Darling has recommended a pay freeze for 40,000 senior public servants in 2010/11. | |
| He has written to salary review bodies calling on them to freeze the pay of judges, senior NHS managers and GPs. | |
| In addition, about 700,000 middle ranking public servants including doctors, dentists and prison officers - will get a rise of between 0 and 1%. | |
| The government has made no recommendation about pay for the armed forces. | |
| The announcement does not affect teachers, nurses and police officers who are still subject to three year pay deals which come to an end next year. | |
| Mr Darling's move breaks the convention about avoiding big policy announcements during rival party conferences. | Mr Darling's move breaks the convention about avoiding big policy announcements during rival party conferences. |
| Shadow Chancellor George Osborne is due to deliver his keynote speech to the Conservative Party conference in Manchester on Tuesday. | Shadow Chancellor George Osborne is due to deliver his keynote speech to the Conservative Party conference in Manchester on Tuesday. |
| If it is fully implemented, the pay freeze will be the toughest public sector pay deal in 30 years. | If it is fully implemented, the pay freeze will be the toughest public sector pay deal in 30 years. |