Sentences with phrase «of public sector pay freezes»

The new 50p tax rate and associated changes to the taxation of higher earners will be kept until the end of the public sector pay freeze.

Not exact matches

In order to win next year, Cameron needs to persuade at least some of the millions of public sector workers currently living under a one per cent pay freeze that their living standards will improve as well.

«The shadow chancellor has wrapped up public sector cuts, public sector pay freezes, a rise in retirement age and reduced pension rights in warm words that will ring hollow with Britain's army of public sector workers.»

«We could not even think of abolishing the 50p rate on the rich while at the same time I am asking many of our public sector workers to accept a pay freeze to protect their jobs.

They have forced cuts to public sector pay, reduced or frozen minimum wages, and restricted collective pay agreements in the name of greater market competition.

Then there was the GMB's Paul Kenny warning that his union was reviewing its affiliation, followed by Unison general secretary Dave Prentis's dark mutterings of «unintended consequences» as retribution for Ed Balls's support for a public sector pay freeze.

Following Ed Balls» announcement that he accepted all of the coalition Government's cuts and the public sector pay freeze.

Public sector workers will be shocked and angry that they are the innocent victims of job cuts and pay freezes,» he said.

The Financial Times suggested that in order to find additional cuts of # 30 - 40bn, the incoming government might have to cut public sector pay by 5 per cent, freeze benefits for a year, means - test child benefit, abolish winter fuel payments, and cut free TV licences and bus passes.

The Conservatives have attacked the government for proposing a freeze on senior public sector pay in the middle of their party conference.

The BCC also wants an immediate two - year pay freeze on public sector pay and a complete abolition of the April 2011 rise in national insurance contributions.

Commenting on the announcement of the draft Scottish budget for 2013/14, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the fastest growing teachers» union in Scotland, said: «While the Scottish Government has been placed in a difficult position by the Westminster Government's imposition of its austerity measures, it is deeply disappointing that the Scottish Government has chosen to follow the Coalition's flawed economic policies by imposing another year of pay freeze on public sector workers.»

«Spending in the wider economy is also hit because millions of public sector workers are enduring a pay freeze - while inflation is high and the cost of household necessities, like energy, are soaring.

Criticising the pay freeze for top earners announced by the chancellor, Alistair Darling, last night, Osborne said: «To sneak out a public sector pay announcement in the middle of a Conservative conference shows these Labour politicians are better at writing books about courage than displaying it,» a reference to Gordon Brown's book Courage: Eight Portraits.

«We could not even think of abolishing the 50p [tax] rate on the rich while at the same time I am asking many of our public sector workers to accept a pay freeze to protect their jobs,» he said.

Hundreds of thousands of public sector jobs are threatened, pay is being frozen or set below inflation and the government has made it clear it will implement Lord Hutton's proposals on public sector pensions, meaning civil and public servants will pay more and work longer for a lower pension.

He also announced measures to help economic recovery, including a public sector pay freeze, a levy on bank bonuses and a package of measures to help the unemployed.

McCluskey, who launched a hard hitting attack on the Labour leadership in a Guardian article published in January following the decision in the New Year to endorse a continuation of the government's public sector pay freeze, admits that the stance has led to a fracturing of trust between Labour and trade unions.

Public sector workers will have pay frozen for two years - with the protection of 1.7 million earning less that # 21,000 who will receive a # 250 increase in both years.

3 years child benefit will remain frozen 3 sips of water drunk by George Osborne during his budget speech 2 Liberal Democrats seen flanking the chancellor on the main camera angle 2 year pay freeze for public sector workers earning over # 21,000.

The government is accused of «scandalous» cuts to public services as the Chancellor George Osborne unveils billions of pounds worth of savings to the sector while also freezing pay for two years.

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But we could not even think of abolishing the 50p rate on the rich while at the same time I am asking many of our public sector workers to accept a pay freeze to protect their jobs.

Kenneth Clarke later said that the higher taxes, cuts in benefits and services and public - sector pay freeze announced by Osborne are only a sample of the measures to be taken.

Dave Prentis, unison general secretary, went on Channel Four to explain the decision, saying, «Jeremy Corbyn's message has resonated with public sector workers who have suffered years of pay freezes and redundancies with too many having to work for less.»

The Statement also set out plans to limit pay rises in the public sector, a move that has angered the teaching profession after what the Times Educational Supplement has described as «four years of pay freezes and marginal one per cent salary increases since the coalition came into power.»

Teachers received a 1 % rise last year, after two years of salary freezes, in line with the general 1 % pay cap across the public sector.

In England, the public sector pay freeze of recent years has meant real terms pay cuts for many teachers.