(Reuters) – Britain’s Chief Secretary to the Treasury Simon Clarke on Wednesday backed the Bank of England governor’s call for pay rise restraint to head off high inflation. Clarke said on the “Peston” programme on ITV that a general restraint, both at the top and bottom of the income scale, was important. “I do think a wider message of general restraint is a very important one. It’s one we will apply in the public sector. We have to be conscious of inflation as a risk,” Clarke said. Last week, BoE Governor Andrew Bailey said inflation – already running at a 30-year high in Britain – risked ge…