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  I saw this article in the on line edition of the Mirror and was astounded.
  
  A TOP official who presided over immigration "chaos" pocketed about £1million, it was revealed yesterday.
  
  Lin Homer earned £200,000 a year as UK Border Agency chief before moving to another high-paid civil service job after five years.
  
  She received bonuses of up to £15,000, despite criticism of immigration controls.
  
  When I first joined the service the Chief Inspector of Immigration was chap who had worked as an Immigration Officer and then progressed his way up through the grades. So the troops respected him 'cos he had experience of the job. His pay was linked to the Civil Service pay structure so it had its agreed limits.
  
  Thatcher in her wisdom decided to scrap this system and replace it by hiring outside executives payng market rates. I think the first immigration boss of the new era was a former Sainsbury Exec. Didn't have a clue about immigration probably would have made a good shelf stacker but other than to be able to 'talk the talk' they didn't have a clue what is was like on the controls and be faced with the daily grind of admitting or refusing entry to visitors to the UK. It's been downhill ever since and has resulted in the Chief of immigration taking home more pay than the PM. Is that right?.

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