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• A nation divided: Britain is no longer split by class. Instead the social chasm is between taxpayers and the public sector

  02 April 2011

  The Daily Mail reports on the finding from Policy Exchange report Controlling Public Spending: Pay, Staffing and Conditions in the Public Sector that by 2009 public sector workers were making 29% more than their private sector counterparts.

• Hutton bats away googlies on a level playing field

  11 March 2011

  In an article examining the case for public sector pension reform, the Financial Times cites findings from Policy Exchange report Controlling Public Spending: Pay, Staffing and Conditions in the Public Sector that private sector employees work on average 23% more hours (equivalent to 9.2 years) than their public sector counterparts.

• A second national debt that needs to be dealt with

  09 March 2011

  Ed Holmes, one of Policy Exchange's Economics Research Fellows, writes on The Spectator's Coffee House blog criticising over-generous public sector pensions and noting that the Hutton Review is likely to recommend a similar solution to the problem as report Controlling Public Spending: Pay, Staffing and Conditions in the Public Sector.

• Council cuts: Just what is a 'non-job'?

  23 February 2011

  BBC News quotes Policy Exchange Director Neil O'Brien citing findings from Controlling Public Spending: Pay, Staffing and Conditions in the Public Sector that local authority payrolls have increased significantly between 2002 and 2009, with a lot of the money being wasted.

• (Government) workers of the world unite!

  06 January 2011

  The Economist refers to findings from Policy Exchange report Controlling Public Spending: Pay, Staffing and Conditions in the Public Sector that private sector workers will work over 9 years longer than their public sector equivalents due to a combination of strikes, sick days and early retirement.

• Controlling Public Spending: Pay, Staffing and Conditions in the Public Sector

  18 June 2010

  A major new report from Policy Exchange today finds that public sector workers now enjoy better pay than private sector workers, as well as better pensions, shorter hours, and earlier retirement.