Shapps Launches Fresh Attack on Pay

Housing minister Grant Shapps is to use a speech at the National Housing Federation conference to attack housing association chief executive pay. He told the Guardian that housing organisations need to focus on cutting the salaries of senior staff as well as publishing expenses over £500. "At least 10 chief executives [of housing associations] are paid more than the prime minister. These are charities. Their tenants may wonder why they are paying rents to support directors on enormous salaries. Just as we've taken pay cuts as ministers and published expenses, they need to," he says. Read the rest of this interview on the Guardian website by clicking on the logo below.