Row Between Houghton and Civil Service Union Leader Over Civil Service Pay Trends

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Mr.C.T.H.Plant, General Secretary of the Inland Revenue Staff Fereretion, has taken Douglas Houghton, Labour Party spokesman on pensions, to task in April issue of the union's journal. He attacks Hr. Houghton for implying that Civil Servents will be getting pay Tises at about twice the 340 “guiding light" rate over the next three yeara. Mr.Houghton, who was secretary of the iRSF before Mr, Plant took over, made this suggestion in the journel of the Civil Service Clerical Association Red Tape. He aleo argued that very often comparison with outside industry waa invalid zs such industry might be efficient whilst the Civil Service might not. Mr. Plant says: "some of the arguments Mr.Houghton enploye are as specious as they are surprising coming from such a source.” He continues: “How can he aay that of the LRSP, to defend only ourselves, when he knows that we are co-operating fully with the Board in the introduction of automation and mechanisation in the taxes and collection branches?” Nr.Plant concludes: that the attack was "I11 conceived, that is, in deth the fom he employed, a Civil Service trade union journal, and in timing his article to appear just before a General Election.” This kind of agrument hardly augurs well for the Labour Farty's declared intention of implenenting an incomes policy.