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About the only people who are content are the drivers of the gritting lorries, some of whom, I'm told, are netting ?1000 a week thanks to ? you guessed ? public sector wage contracts. When authorities decide to do preventative gritting at the end of the day, well, that is after their scheduled hours, so it is double time. Or when they go out early it is double time (and it stays double time for as long as they are out). Then Saturdays and Sundays are double time again.It all seems like an extremely expensive way of the government getting what it wants. But as a way of keeping the country moving ? I would take that with a pinch of salt.
