Under the pay proposal, 10 legislators would be paid less in 1996 and 7 would receive more.

The pay proposal essentially seeks to sever the issue of raises for members of Congress from those for other Federal employees.

Opponents are in full cry against the pay proposals, which would raise Congressional salaries by 50 percent and give similar increases to 2,000 other top Federal officials.

But he said the city's pay proposal was structured in a way that raised the possibility of favoritism.

Mr. Burger said Mr. Reagan's pay proposals were inadequate, but a step in the right direction.

Number 10 is determined to spike Vince Cable's executive pay proposals, it emerges.

Meanwhile the performance-related pay proposals are destructive and divisive.

Members' skittishness has some foundation in fact: Polls last month showed strong public opposition to the pay proposals, and Congressional mail has been overwhelmingly negative, even vituperative.

After the meeting, Sir Humphrey presents the PM with his new pay proposal: an apparent rise of around 6% (provided it is not examined too closely).

The company's proposal does not create an industry-leading pay proposal for us.