I want to explain how we brought you the story about the salary of the prime minister’s chief of staff, why we did, and why it matters. On Sunday, I was approached with confidential information by a government insider.
That information was Sue Gray’s new salary, £170,000 a year, and a deep sense of anger about her pay, her influence and a perception others in government were badly treated and underpaid.
As a salary, £170,000 is many times higher than the national average, but considerably less than plenty of people, some in the public sector and many in the private sector, would earn in a position of equivalent seniority. Like many people in the public sector, her salary will in time be published anyway. And full disclosure – mine is too.
But this story, at its crux, is not about her salary per se.
It is about the levels of upset and anger – fair or otherwise – about her and her role at the top of government.
That is what motivated the person who tipped me off – at considerable professional risk – to tell me what I am now telling you. And I know from other conversations I have had – and members of our BBC team have had – that this person is far from alone.
And that tells you something about the fractious relationships among some at the top of government, less than three months after Labour won the election.
Source: BBC
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