The new Special Adviser’s list, with updated pay, has been released this afternoon:

That public sector pay and recruitment freeze hasn’t quite been enforced all over Whitehall…

UPDATE: 

Coalition Agreement 2010, Pg 27: "We will put a limit on the number of special advisers". Reality 2012: Nos up 12.5%, cost up £4.5m to £6.2m

— Paul Waugh (@paulwaugh) July 17, 2012