Krishnan Guru-Murthy
Here are the “considerations” the independent party review body are asked to consider on nurses pay - including inflation and “the funds available”
Dec 12, 2022 at 10:53pmWeb
Show threadMysturjiDec 12, 2022
@krishgm
And this is what will KILL the NHS. It’s deliberate. So they can sell off the pieces for personal profit.
Show thread@[email protected]Dec 12, 2022

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Does “having regard for ….the Gov Departmental spending limits “ mean the Review body CANNOT make a recommendation above them even when it thinks the limits are unfair, unrealistic and will fail to meet the other goals @krishgm

Who selects the Review Bodies? The Gov? Who chooses who populated them? The Gov? The relevant Department Minister? Civil Servant? The ToR?

I think this sort of question is going to be cropping up more and more.

Something for Institute For Gov?

Show threadheleninsomersetDec 12, 2022

@Fascinatorfun @krishgm

Independent’ Pay Review Bodies - they aren’t independent:

‘Chairs are appointed by the Prime Minister. Other members are appointed by the Prime Minister or the relevant secretary of state.’

and they have to take into account ‘the financial circumstances of the government’. Not the people or the country but ‘the government’.

Some details from https://www.gov.uk/government/publications

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Show thread@[email protected]Dec 13, 2022

@heleninsomerset the question, however, is what does “taking into account” really limit them to?

After all Braverman (& Patel) is a great fan of “taking legal advice into account” only to disregard it

Show threadheleninsomersetDec 13, 2022
@Fascinatorfun I assume the PRB’s are there to fool people into thinking the gov is genuinely interested in ‘independent’ advice. Suspect the only prb they do listen to is the one that sets mp’s inflation busting pay increases, sadly.
Show threadKim Spence-Jones #FBPEDec 13, 2022
@heleninsomerset @Fascinatorfun I went looking for the equivalent ‘considerations’ for MPs’ pay. I couldn’t find anything useful on the IPSA site. Maybe someone else will have better luck.
Show threadAndyDec 13, 2022
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How does this compare with the "independent" body that reviews MPs pay?
Show threadAndyFeb 24, 2023

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Well, anyone can decide for themselves from this...
https://www.theipsa.org.uk/news/who-decides-mps-pay

Robert Jenrick | IPSA

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