Sentences with phrase «lifting public sector pay cap»

Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), commented today ahead of the vote on an amendment to the Queen's Speech on lifting the public sector pay cap.

We need to lift the public sector pay cap that is creating a crisis in the recruitment and retention of school leaders.

Not exact matches

Environment Secretary Michael Gove urged the Prime Minister and Chancellor to listen to independent bodies that review public sector pay, after a week in which Labour attacked a government «shambles» for initially raising, then playing down hopes that the cap could be lifted.

Wollaston wants to see the public sector pay cap lifted — «we can not keep out finger in that dam much longer,» she insists — but is aware of the costs involved, and the need for the Tories to maintain fiscal discipline.

There was a sudden conversion to lifting the one percent public sector pay cap, but for the most part it was recycled or re-announced.

Labour will lift the cap, but the Conservatives will instead cut public sector pay to «a level not seen in (at least) the last 20 years», which is «likely to exacerbate current recruitment and retention problems», warned the IFS.

Shadow education secretary Angela Rayner said lifting the cap on public sector pay, including for teachers, is «meaningless» unless it is backed - up by funding.

Ms Rayner pointed to an Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) report from November last year which warned that public sector pay rises in the wake of the lifting of the cap would have to be met by «squeezing non-pay spending and by reducing the workforce».

«Their promise to lift their own cap on public sector pay is meaningless without new, ring - fenced funding to ensure that teachers, as well as support staff, can finally get a real pay rise after years of cuts.»

Adding to the pressure on funding are calls for the lifting of the cap on public sector pay, which could see increases in teachers» salaries.

Justine Greening has asked the School Teachers» Review Body, which makes recommendations for teacher's salaries, to consider a «more flexible approach to public sector pay» — repeating calls already made by the Treasury after the 1 per cent cap was lifted.

«The pay cap needs to be lifted for all public sector workers if we are to protect our public services, which are an essential part of everyone's daily life.

Since the election there has been much debate as to whether the government's one percent cap on public sector pay should be lifted.