article_snippet: A defence chief is to become the highest paid Whitehall civil servant after A defence chief was awarded a lucrative pay package to sort out botched reforms.
article_snippet: is 25 per cent more than that of Bernard Gray, the man the Prime Minister will succeed.
article_snippet: Andy Silvester, campaign director at the TaxPayers’ Alliance, said:
article_snippet: ‘If there isn’t a dramatic improvement, taxpayers will be rightly furious at the size of this pay packet. '
article_snippet: As in every part of the public sector, his performance in the job must be open to public scrutiny, and any bonuses awarded must be truly earned.
article_snippet: his will start in September and is the latest in a line of senior business figures lured into the public sector with the promise of private sector levels of pay.
article_snippet: The figure – which included his total pay and perks – was up 30 per cent on the previous year.
article_snippet: and his performance-related bonus could be the same again, or even higher.