Tory leadership frontrunner Liz Truss was forced to perform a U-turn on Tuesday as she abandoned plans to save taxpayers’ money by ending national pay deals for public sector workers outside London.
The Foreign Secretary announced a “war on Whitehall waste” on Monday, detailing plans to save £8.8billion a year by linking civil servants’ salaries to living standards where they work, meaning similar jobs could be paid different salaries depending on location.
