Some 50 housing association bosses earn more than the prime minister, housing minister Grant Shapps said as he pledged to "shine a light" on salaries paid from the public purse. The information was released on the same day that the pay and perks of senior civil servants earning more than £150,000 (which is more than the prime minister) were published, in the first step of a pledge to remove the "cloak of secrecy" from government information. Highlighting a top salary of almost £400,000 a year, Shapps said the executives running the arms-length bodies which manage council housing should be subject to the same scrutiny. The figures, which relate to last year, showed the highest-paid was former Anchor chief executive John Belcher. Read the full on The Guardian website by clicking on the logo below.
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