Civil servants at the Department for Work and Pensions were handed a total of £12.7 million in bonuses in the year 2024-2025, according to fresh departmental figures. Despite overpaying £9.5 billion in benefits, including £1 billion as a result of a DWP ‘error’…
Nearly 200 pen-pushers averaged a £2,122 bonus, while 86,757 where given £141. A whopping £4.4 million was handed out in reward vouchers. Last month Darren Jones set out plans to award more ‘high-performing’ civil servants bigger bonuses. Just TWO senior civil servants were sacked for ‘underperformance’ last year…
Speaking at his speech on how to achieve “progressive capitalism” Wes Streeting fired a dig and Andy Burnham:
“Bond markets are not bond villains and fiscal rules matter.”