Civil service morale stagnates over pay and cuts

Commenting on the latest Civil Service People Survey results, IfG Deputy Director Julian McCrae told the Guardian Public Leaders network: "The SCS [Senior Civil Service] results are again not surprising. More senior people do tend to have a more positive outlook, though the results on pay satisfaction are slightly reversed after two years of the gap narrowing.

"What we're seeing though is that pay is not the only thing people care about: their own work, continuity, accountability are just as important to staff – sometimes more so. However the pay score has got so low, and I'm not sure how sustainable that is; if it goes on any longer departments are bound to lose people."