He said he hoped the Senior
Salaries Review Body's Major Review of the judicial salary structure and levels, due to report by June 2018, would address pay and pensions concerns.
Judicial salaries should recognise leadership and specialisms, the Senior
Salaries Review Body (SSRB) has proposed.
It had originally been reported that Bill Cockburn, head of the Senior
Salaries Review Body, had told a meeting of the Commons Public Administration Committee on Thursday that MPs were underpaid by 10 per cent to 15 per cent.
The senior
salaries review body (SSRB) is conducting a widespread review of MPs» pay next year, looking at annual salaries and issues such as whether members should be rewarded for longevity of service.
The senior
salaries review body (SSRB) recommends MPs vote for a pay rise of 2.56 per cent, noting that they are underpaid compared to people in comparable positions in the private and public sector.
The senior
salaries review body recommended four years ago that MPs» pay be linked to that of headteachers, police chiefs and company directors.
The Conservative leader said the recommendations of the Senior
Salaries Review Body should be set in law and not be subject to a vote and debate among MPs.
The chancellor, Alistair Darling, has written to
salary review bodies calling for a pay freeze for 40,000 senior public servants in 2010 - 11.
Not exact matches
As Chancellor, George Osborne asked pay
review bodies to look at the case for ending national pay deals in the public sector so that public sector
salaries were brought down to the level of the private sector in each region.
The Department Of Education welcomed the report - education minister Michael Gove has already asked the School Teachers»
Review Body to make recommendations as to how
salary structure can be made more flexible.
«We also welcome the fact that the
Review Body has not only recognised the serious financial pressures on teachers, by supporting a
salary advance scheme for housing rental deposits, but has also stated that given current recruitment and retention trends «a significant uplift to the pay framework is likely to be required.»
Justine Greening has asked the School Teachers»
Review Body, which makes recommendations for teacher's
salaries, to consider a «more flexible approach to public sector pay» — repeating calls already made by the Treasury after the 1 per cent cap was lifted.
Despite the fact that their Report was written and submitted in April, before the surprise election was called, the
Review Body have made their view clear that they believe the pay cap is responsible for leaving teaching with one of the lowest starting
salaries for graduate professions.
The recent findings of the School Teachers»
Review Body state that average starting
salaries and opportunities for pay progression remain lower for teaching than for many other graduate professions.
According to the
Review Body on Senior
Salaries» annual report, published this week, Lord Thomas gave evidence of a «sudden increase in recent and forthcoming retirements from the higher judiciary».
And while the dominance of the Bar may be a sore point for some solicitors, the judiciary faces a wider crisis of recruitment, as the
Review Body on Senior
Salaries» annual report revealed earlier this week.