When Theresa May announced, in her recent conference speech that austerity was over, many in the media and politics dismissed it as BS.
However, I refer you to the news on the BBC today that say senior judges in England and Wales could be set for pay rises of up to 32% if recommendations made by the Senior Salaries Review Body are accepted.
The move aims to address low morale among judges and to compensate them for changes to their pension scheme.
The recommendations would see a High Court judge receive an additional £60,000 a year.
Crown Court judges would receive a 22% rise - taking them to £165,000 - and district judges would get an 8% rise.
Clearly austerity is definitely over, as there is no way judges would get such a stonking pay rise if others in the public sector didn't as well!
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