Head of government’s new value for money office ‘to be paid £950 a day’

Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, said David Goldstone will ‘help us realise the benefits from every pound of public spending’. Photograph: gov.uk

David Goldstone, the government’s new value for money chair, will receive a daily salary rate of £950, it has been reported.

The position was announced by the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, as part of Wednesday’s budget statement. She said Goldstone, who will be in post for a year, would “help us realise the benefits from every pound of public spending”.