Senior civil servants in the Home Office including the man in charge of borders received pay rises of up to £20,000 last year even though police officers have been hit with a pay freeze.
Frontline public sector workers will not receive a raise this year with the government blaming the economic effects of the pandemic.
Boris Johnson defended the pay freeze for police officers this week, saying the government was going through “a tough time financially”.
However, annual accounts released by the Home Office reveal that the department’s highest paid civil servants will enjoy salary increases — even as frontline workers see their wages go down in real terms.
Glyn Williams, director-general for policy and strategy in the border, immigration and citizenship system in the
