According to the BBC:
Darling has recommended a pay freeze for 40,000 senior public servants in 2010/11. He has written to salary review bodies calling on them to freeze the pay of judges, senior NHS managers and GPs. In addition, about 700,000 middle-ranking public servants, including doctors, dentists and prison officers, will get a rise of between 0 and 1%.
The BBC report continues:
If it is fully implemented, the pay freeze would be the toughest public sector pay deal in 30 years. [..] A Treasury source told the BBC the pay freeze will override the final year of a three-year pay deal for senior public sector workers.
Regarding the proposed 2010/2011 pay freeze for senior public servants (external website), the Guardian comments:
The freeze in effect represents a pay cut. And by targeting the richest public-sector figures, it will be seen as a sign that the broadest shoulders must carry the heaviest burden.
UPDATE: A Conservative government would freeze the pay of all public servants currently earning £18,000 or above per year (external website), Shadow Chancellor George Osborne told the Conservative party conference today, the Guardian reports. It says:
Members of the forces serving in Afghanistan would be exempt from the pay freeze, and their operational allowance would be doubled from £2,400 a year to £4,800. The pay freeze "is the equivalent to saving 100,000 public sector jobs", Osborne said.
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