Responding to Sarah's Parliamentary Question in the House of Commons, Health Ministers confessed that under Labour the number of Department of Health civil servants on an annual salary of more than £100,000 has leapt from eight to fifty six.
Meanwhile, Brent's local Primary Care Trust (tPCT) is struggling under a £24million deficit. The Government are forcing the Trust into a programme of cuts which will hit vital services across the borough, including front line staff such as health visitors and school nurses.
"It is outrageous that as our borough is facing devastating cuts that will impact on the neediest people in Brent, those developing Labour's health policies are earning more than ever before. Local people will want to know how many of these top earners are political advisors employed to do the Government's spin.
"Labour has a disastrous record on health care in Brent. The explosion in civil service pay is an insult to hardworking NHS staff on the front line: this money would be better spent in Brent."
