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NEW: Boris Johnson’s women aides have expressed fury that they are being paid less than male colleagues

– one adviser is threatening to take the government to an employment tribunal
– several have lodged complaints about their salary packages

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– Out of nearly 100 SpAds, around 30 are women
– Fewer than 8 women are in the top two SpAd pay bands
– At least 22 women are in the bottom two pay bands
– One aide claims new women SpAds are being paid less than their male predecessors to do the same job

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Dominic Cummings told SpAds last week he was aware of their concerns about a gender pay gap but *denied* that there was a problem

This has not gone down well to say the least...

Cabinet Office has now promised to improve maternity rights for SpAds

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Dominic Cummings also told SpAds he would hand out bonuses to those responsible for the best no deal prep

He joked that civil service ethics boss Helen MacNamara would tell him any such bonuses were illegal but that he didn’t care

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SpAds are laying the blame for the gender pay gap row with top civil servant Helen MacNamara

They say she is uncontactable, does not give out her telephone number, and complain protests about pay packages were met with automated responses

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But Dave Penman, general secretary of the FDA trade union of civil servants, says Johnson is ultimately responsible buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/bo…