Quote Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY View Post
Thats incorrect

The government make recommendations to the pay body

The pay body make suggestions to the government

The government , Boris and his chancellor , then deciede
The Pay body makes recommendations to the government not the other way around but the final decision rests with the government which regularly ignores the results of the pay body. The only time I can recall the government accepting a pay body's recommendations is in relation to MPs pay.