The Government has revealed that seven staff at HM Revenue and Customs earned up to £1.24m last year.
The best paid was Steve Lamey, director general of benefits and credits, who was paid between £205,000 and £209,999. The chairman of HMRC, Mike Clasper, was paid between £150,000 and £154,999 for a three-day week.
The revelations are on the Government’s newly published ‘rich list’.
It also shows that five staff at the Asset Protection Agency, which was set up to manage the assets of the Royal Bank of Scotland, were well rewarded.
APA chief executive Stephan Wilcke was paid between £150,000 and £154,999, and chief investment officer Ion Dagtoglou received between £165,000 and £169,999.
HMRC civil servants on fat cat salaries
07 July 2010
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