Truss proposes adjusting the salary of civil servants according to the cost of living in the regions where they live

Aug. 2 () –

The British Foreign Minister and candidate to succeed Boris Johnson as head of the United Kingdom Government, Liz Truss, has proposed this Monday an “adjustment” of civil servants’ salaries “according” to the cost of living in the regions where they live

This was said during an event of his campaign to take command of the Conservative Party in Exeter, in the southwest of England, where he justified the measure by saying that it would help save more than 11,000 million pounds (13,140 million euros), according to informed ‘The Independent’.

“As Prime Minister, I will lead a more agile, more efficient and more focused government that prioritizes the things that really matter to people and focuses precisely on frontline services,” Truss said, adding that “there is too much bureaucracy and obsolete groupthink in Whitehall –term to refer to the British Executive–.

On the other hand, in addition to paying workers who live outside London less, Truss wants to cut the annual holiday allowance as well as eliminate “diversity and inclusion jobs”, arguing that they “distract from fulfilling the priorities of the British people”. , according to ‘The Guardian’.

The proposal has not been well received by either the unions or the Labor Party, which have already announced that they will be “opposed every step of the way”.

Specifically, the trade unionist and Labor member of the United Kingdom Parliament Angela Rayner has warned that the plans of the United Kingdom foreign secretary would result in “a race to the bottom in terms of wages and rights of public sector workers “.

“His ‘tailor-made’ payment plans would level the salary of northerners, worsening the division that already exists. The commitment of this disconnected government to level up is dead,” he added, according to statements collected by ‘The Independent’.

THE FORMER TRADE MINISTER SUPPORTS TRUSS

Former Commerce Minister Penny Mordaunt announced during the election event held on Monday in Exeter her support for Liz Truss as the next leader of the Conservative Party and, therefore, as the next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, the BBC reported.

Mordaunt has assured that Truss is “the candidate of hope”: “Seeing her in recent weeks has made me want to help her, help her win, help build the team we need to win the country and give us pride as a party and as a nation. and the confidence we need to reach our full potential.”

Likewise, he has warned his fellow ‘Tories’ arguing that “they will disappoint the country” and “they will lose the elections” if they make a mistake in the decision, which approximately 200,000 militants will have to take on September 5.

Mordaunt’s support for Truss is relevant as the former was eliminated from the Conservative leadership race after finishing third in the vote, behind Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss.