That Starmer fella...

Bit late but some info from a journo friend

In the last disclosed list of 'senior officials salaries' above £150k,
from 2023, no less than 372 were paid more than Keir Starmer's current
rate; presumably there are more now. "Paid more than the Prime
Minister" is a Fleet Street meme...

"At least four council bosses around the country are paid more than
the Prime Minister, despite their areas facing financial ruin",
Telegraph September 2023

"Named: 172 civil servants paid more than the Prime Minister" Daily
Mail June 2010

"The Bank of England was last night accused of hypocrisy after it
emerged that 141 of its staff are paid more than the Prime Minister."
Daily Mail June 2015

"Dozens of London hospital bosses are being paid more than the Prime
Minister - despite some of them racking up record levels of NHS debt,
it emerged today." Daily Mail September 2015

"The number of town hall bosses paid more than the Prime Minister has
soared – as households are hit by huge council tax rises. " Daily Mail
April 2012.

So if the real story is that people working under Sue Grey are
unhappy, let's know exactly how many, what specifically they are
grumpy about, and how it ranks with those who were grumpy with
Alastair Campbell and Dominic Cummings in previous administrations.