High court judges to be given inflation-busting pay award
by Owen Bowcott Legal affairs correspondent from Economics | The Guardian on (#10SWH)
Rise of 3% considered necessary due to problems recruiting and retaining senior judges in Britain
High court judges are to receive an inflation-busting 3% pay increase next year - well above the government's own public sector pay recommendations - taking their annual salary to 183,328.
The rise, proposed by the Ministry of Justice to the senior salaries review body, is said to be necessary because there are problems with recruitment and retention of senior judges.
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