They also argued that it made the government's rejection of a 2.5 per cent pay award for nurses and health workers look unfair. (politics.co.uk)
The 2.5 per cent pay award is below the three per cent demanded by officers and, critics claim, in real terms amounts to a below - inflation 1.9 per cent pay rise. (politics.co.uk)
But he warned the government would continue to make the «hard decisions» needed to keep it that way, standing by his pledge to restrict public sector pay awards. (politics.co.uk)