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Prime Minister David Cameron yesterday signalled his intention to extend his "big tent" government beyond the Conservative/Liberal Democrat coalition, talking to Labour MP Frank Field about poverty and appointing left-leaning economist Will Hutton to head an inquiry into public sector pay.
Mr Field yesterday confirmed he had spoken to Mr Cameron about the terms of reference of a Poverty Commission, but played down reports he was to be appointed the government's anti-poverty tzar. Mr Cameron said that Mr Hutton - a vice-chair of the Work Foundation and former Observer editor, whose work was influential on the early years of Tony Blair's government - will lead a fair pay review for the public sector. "The idea is to improve fairness in the public sector and say that, between the lowest paid and highest paid in the public sector, there shouldn't be a difference of more than 20 times," the Prime Minister told BBC1's Andrew Marr Show.See the full content of this document
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Pm Looks Left for Advice On Pay and Poor
He made clear that the BBC would be excluded from the review, but said it would cover NHS managers and senior Whitehall mandar...
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