Green Granite,
Don't swallow the rubbish that the DT comes out with. The kernel of truth that should give you an indication of what's really important is the size of "the average award, which is taxable, was £677".
So keep the CS pay low, carve off a bit of it and call it a 'bonus' to reduce the pension and you can paint them as money-grubbing chislers till the cows come home.
I'm military but I've got a huge amount of respect for the CS as a whole. Yes, there are some wasters but that's true of some Service personnel too. Most of them do a bl00dy good job for not a lot of dosh.