Ministers must end ‘barking mad’ restraints on civil service pay, union leader warns

Exclusive: Prospect boss Mike Clancy cites problems retaining technical and digital experts

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NHS workers to get 3.3% pay rise from April

Wes Streeting says rise is above inflation forecast and will be in pay packets earlier but union criticises figure

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Hint: It doesn't go well for #JeremyHunt

BBC News: #Reeves and Hunt's claims about shortfalls checked
BBC News - Reeves and Hunt's claims about shortfalls checked
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Reeves and Hunt's claims about shortfalls checked

The chancellor and shadow chancellor made a series of claims the morning after Rachel Reeves blamed the Conservatives for a funding shortfall.

Rachel Reeves signals she will give inflation-busting pay hikes for public sector workers | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/rachel-reeves-public-sector-pay-b2583218.html

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Rachel Reeves signals she will give inflation-busting pay hikes for public sector workers

The chancellor has promised a decision this month on whether teachers and NHS staff will be given a recommended 5.5 per cent pay hike

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‘Borderline racist’: critics slam Rishi Sunak’s plan to fund pay rise with higher migrant fees

Charities, unions and politicians say ‘divisive’ policy will damage UK economy by squeezing workers from overseas

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#Sunak says he can’t afford #PublicSectorPay rises – but look at the #WhiteElephants he’s happy to fund

Spending priorities sum up all that is rotten in government. Where is the money for #education and the #NHS?
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/14/rishi-sunak-public-sector-pay-rises-education-nhs #ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryChoices

Sunak says he can’t afford public sector pay rises – but look at the white elephants he’s happy to fund

Spending priorities sum up all that is rotten in government. Where is the money for education and the NHS, asks Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Rishi Sunak on Public Sector Pay!

https://youtu.be/Gbeorp9mF8Q

The Prime Minister announces the pay deal for public sector workers and says that this is his final offer...

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Rishi Sunak on public sector pay!

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Here we had one of the Sunaks announcing the very opposite on pay of what had been said previously - John Crace

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jul/13/its-dr-sunak-and-mr-hyde-the-existence-of-two-rishs-would-explain-a-lot

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It’s Dr Sunak and Mr Hyde: the existence of two Rish!s would explain a lot

Here we had one of the Sunaks announcing the very opposite on pay of what had been said previously

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Dave Brown on #PublicSectorPay #PayAwards #JeremyHunt - political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
Sunak could have made peace with public servants a year ago – he just didn’t want to
Polly Toynbee. "around £4bn is all it will cost to settle the pay demands of hard-pressed public sector staff at the rates set by the pay review bodies, the head of the IFS, Paul Johnson, tells me. That’s “money down the back of the sofa”, he says. Out of total UK public spending of around £1tn, it’s trivial – equivalent to an accounting or forecasting error." https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/13/rishi-sunak-public-servants-tories-britain-politics #politics #publicsectorpay
Sunak could have made peace with public servants a year ago – he just didn’t want to

For over seven months, Tory ideologues put Britain through the wringer. We pay a high price for cheap politics, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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