Royal household slated on top pay

Pay rises for top earners in the Queen's Royal Household have been criticised by an influential committee of MPs for sending out the wrong message.

Margaret Hodge, chairman the Public Accounts Committee, described the decision to increase the salary of one senior figure by £7,000 as a "heck of an increase" while staff earning above £21,000 had their pay frozen during the last financial year.
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