The perfect time, you might think, to slip out some bad news. From a £350million Crossrail bailout to plans for a 32% judges' pay rise, ministers have been pumping out more than the usual quantity of 'written statements'. High Court judges could get a 32% pay rise(Image: AFP)Tory ministers are formally considering a £1,100-a-week pay rise for High Court judges - a move which would spark fury among other public sector workers. Justice Secretary David Gauke said there was "evidence of a recruitment problem" among judges and "we are now carefully considering what changes might be made". It's also a blow to the hundreds of lower-level judges, who it emerged today are only getting a pay rise of 2% in 2018/19 - less than the 2.5% experts asked for.

Source: Daily Mirror October 26, 2018 13:21 UTC