Meet the mid-ranking civil servant working on IT projects who rakes in £500,000 a year - three times more than the PM

This is why liberals love big government, so they can get their snouts in the trough.

The Daily Mail has learned that as Director of Business Design and Development he was paid a huge daily rate, additional consultancy fees and expenses that amounted to just under £500,000 a year.

But when the UKBA this week advertised the post, the salary had been reduced, albeit to a still generous £100,000.

Staff at the agency say Mr Grinnell, who is also a director of consulting firm Qedis, has used his position to employ around 30 people from his own company on huge salaries.