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Pickles puts block on audit chief's pay offer

Communities secretary, Eric Pickles, has vetoed the appointment of the new chief executive of the Audit Commission, in a bid to tackle rising public sector salaries.

Communities secretary, Eric Pickles, has vetoed the appointment of the new chief executive of the Audit Commission, in a bid to tackle rising public sector salaries.

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