More than 2,000 public-sector workers could be avoiding the full rate of income tax through special contracts, Government research has found.
Quite apart from the headline’s defective capitalisation, which would certainly not impress Lynne Truss, nor your average mandarin, the statement is simply tosh.
Civil Servants are employed by the Queen on contracts which guarantee generous holiday, maternity and sick pay provisions, a defined benefit pension and a measure of job security.
The vast majority of the 2,000 mentioned will be individuals working on time-limited or interim contracts that offer none of these benefits.
Moreover they will be paying their own NI and income tax.
They may be working in public sector roles but they are not Civil Servants.
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