We should pay a market rate I agree. Put the job out to tender annually and hire the person (with the requisite skills) with the lowest demand. (View Post)

If they were in a market for talent then salaries would be 90% lower. The market rate is that such that supply and demand are in equilibrium. It is not writing a blank cheque to the highest bidder, b… (View Post)

More than the PM? Paying what a backbench PM earns would be overkill. Why can't they find someone for median wages willing and able to read from a teleprompter? (View Post)

Pedantic Betting: I suspect 100% are UK residents. But yes approximately 80% (actually 81%) are UK citizens. (View Post)

@FeersumEnjineeya your entire logic has been predicated upon a theory that if we import people to do menial work (such as care) then Britons no longer need to do that and can do other work instead. B… (View Post)