Government's planned tax probe 'saddens' senior manager union

摘要

The leader of the trade union representing senior town hall staff has said she is 'saddened' by a potential Treasury probe into the personal tax affairs of top council employees. Following last week's revelations that the head of the Student Loans Company (SLC), Ed Lester, avoided tax under arrangements agreed within Whitehall, the Treasury has launched a wider investigation into senior public sector employees' pay - and warned council staff arrangements could form part of the review. A Treasury spokesperson told The MJ the precise scope of the investigation had not been defined, but the department was 'considering to what extent this could cover local government'. There will be natural limits to what we do as regards local government, but that does not mean we can't consider what we can do,' he added.