The Labour government has recruited more than 100 employees per month into the public sector since coming to power, official figures show.

Public sector employment surged to 44,059, or an increase of 2,552 since the March 2013 election, the National Statistics Office figures show. Recruitment during Labour’s second year in power fell to less than 600.

According to calculations made by the Times of Malta, based on a minimum wage, the Labour administration increased the public wage bill by around €22 million a year.

This increase in the public wage bill contradicts pledges made by the government to the European Commission.

According to an official document sent to Brussels in October 2013, the government had pledged to reduce public sector employment “by around 500 a year”.

Read more in the Times of Malta.

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