Two leading figures discuss whether council heads should get pay rises in times of austerity Sam Ellis: 'Slashing salaries will not result in finding better leaders' The issue of pay and leadership is current across the public sector. Sir David Nicholson, the outgoing chief executive of NHS England responded to health secretary Jeremy Hunt's criticisms of senior NHS managers' salaries last week by saying that they do "the most complex and difficult jobs in the world". Surely, there are few that would disagree with this point? These people are doing their jobs under significant scrutiny and in the glare of the world's media. The debate should be around the quality of leadership and how it can...
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