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Despite a pay freeze in public sector, the Home Office basks in bonuses

Despite an almost crippling budget and extreme spending cuts, senior Home Office workers will continue to receive generous bonuses, despite receiving no formal pay rise.

However, the Immigrations Minister, Damian Green specified that a total of £770,000 worth of bonuses would be given to the Whitehall department, which would be a dramatic cut compared with last year, when £1.4 million was given. It was also stated that only four per cent out of the total 8.6 percent of the pay More

WHEN TO USE PREPOSITIONS

One of the problems non-English speakers who are learning English and even native English speakers have is the proper use of prepositions. In many foreign countries executives are sometimes taught English at corporate training courses but chances are the correct use of prepositions is not taught. The words in English grammar that specify the place, direction and time are referred to as prepositions. The number of times a preposition used in a sentence determines its meaning. Propositions link the other More