The early lines of this article read:-
Out of control hand-outs, which this year will be paid to three-quarters of senior civil servants, are to be restricted to high performers.
Under the terms of Whitehall contracts signed by Labour ministers at the height of the recession, bonus payments can not be cancelled by the incoming Government.



If that hasn't already annoyed you, then read the rest here:-

David Cameron declares war on public sector pay - Telegraph

The depths to which politicians can descend knows no limits apparently where the last Labour government were concerned.