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Minister breaks pledge on capping top salaries

Government pressure to scale back chief executive salaries have hit a spectacular hurdle after local government secretary Eric Pickles broke his own pay rules to hire the new chief executive of Doncaster MBC.

Government pressure to scale back chief executive salaries have hit a spectacular hurdle after local government secretary Eric Pickles broke his own pay rules to hire the new chief executive of Doncaster MBC.

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