Vicars' pay goes sky high
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There will be no government moves to block 20% pay increases for Britain's vicars, it was announced in Parliament last week.
The Church Commissioners had more success than Ford chief Sir Terence Beckett in arguing that this wage risę will not cause unearthly price rises.
. And their Parliamentary spokesman Terry Walker assured MPs that vicars' present wages are by no means out of this world.
There was no talk of any productivity deal. But then, with huge increases being paid out for the police, judges and top military chiefs, and 60% rises on the way for TUC leaders, vicars must feel that they have a case for some kind of parity claim to keep pace with the other oppressors and misleaders of the working class.
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