The Spectator

So are public-sector workers really underpaid?

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Public benefit Public sector unions held a strike over pay. How well are public-sector workers paid compared with their counterparts in the private sector? — Comparing jobs like for like, public sector workers earn between 2.2% and 3.1% more than private sector workers in April last year. — In the lowest-earning 5% of workers, public

Portrait of the week | 10 July 2014

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Home Theresa May, the Home Secretary, ordered a review, taking perhaps ten weeks, by Peter Wanless, the head of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, of how her department, the police and prosecutors handled historical child sex-abuse allegations. There would also be a large-scale inquiry by the retired judge Lady Butler-Sloss. These

View from 22 podcast special: Should Gatwick Airport be expanded?

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In this special View from 22 podcast, Fraser Nelson discusses the case for the expansion of Gatwick Airport. Guest speakers include Stewart Wingate, CEO of Gatwick Airport, Mark Reckless, Tory MP for Rochester and Strood and Karen Lumley, Tory MP for Redditch and a member of the Transport Select Committee.   listen to ‘Spectator Gatwick podcast’

Bed 3

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‘Well, how else are we supposed to know if it’s the right bed for us?’

Divine

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‘I’ve discovered this absolutely divine little food bank off the high street…’