Unions today demand a pay rise for public sector workers – as Rishi Sunak prepares to inflict a “morally obscene” cut to their wages.
The Chancellor is expected to freeze salaries for nearly four million staff – a real terms reduction when inflation is taken into account – when he delivers his spending review on Wednesday.
But 19 workers' leaders, including the general secretaries of prison officers', teachers' and health unions, have written to Mr Sunak making the case for a wallet-boosting hike.
Their letter says: “Fair pay increases are essential if we are to avoid potentially crippling staff shortages in parts of the sector.” TUC general secretary Frances O’Grady warned yesterday: "There's still time for the Government to step back and
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