Sentences with phrase «public sector pay cap»

Pausing the Universal Credit rollout and the lifting public sector pay cap top Labour's Budget demands

But she adds: «We can't pretend that we can keep public sector pay capped at 1 % for 10 years, because that will have consequences.»

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.

«The Tories have no respect for public sector workers as their unfair public sector pay cap shows.

The NASUWT has campaigned for the removal of the 1 % public sector pay cap since it was imposed on teachers

The public sector pay cap is hitting recruitment and retention right across the public sector.

This contrasts with cabinet members such as Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and Environment Secretary Michael Gove, who over the last week have suggested that the public sector pay cap ought to be axed following the shock general election result where the Conservatives lost their parliamentary majority.

Downing Street has insisted there is no change in the Government's policy on the public sector pay cap, after mounting Cabinet pressure for the 1 per cent limit on annual rises to be eased.

But if you're a nurse deciding where to work in the EU, because of the exchange rate and the public sector pay cap, increasingly you'll be making that calculation that you'd be better off working in Germany or somewhere else.

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.

It's the day after the government survived a vote on scrapping the public sector pay cap.

The British Medical Association, which represents doctors and medical students, welcomed a variety of Labour proposals, including the extra funding as well as scrapping the public sector pay cap and reviewing Sustainability and Transformation Plans, which are local schemes that often involve closing services to save money.

There was a fair few ifs and wishes in the announcement but Sturgeon and her administration didn't duck some big issues such as scrapping the public sector pay cap, banning petrol and diesel cars and even looking into a universal basic income.

There are many sound political reasons for Labour's endorsement of a public sector pay cap and a more pragmatic stance on the cuts.

The Chancellor needed to immediately end the roll out of Universal Credit to prevent rising child poverty and homelessness and end the public sector pay cap to end the scandal of public sector workers relying on food banks to survive.

The Chancellor also failed to take meaningful action on Universal Credit or the public sector pay cap, preferring instead to simply pay lip service to the suffering these policies are causing.

McDonnell is also turning his attention to the prospect of parliamentary battles this autumn, pledging to make life difficult for the Conservatives in the Commons after winning a «majoritarian position» on issues such as scrapping the public sector pay cap.

This was despite him appearing on Radio 4's Today programme minutes after Unite boss Len McCluskey said he was prepared to break the law in order to launch strike action against the public sector pay cap.

She said: «The next Labour government will give our teachers the pay rise they deserve, with a fully - funded plan to end the public sector pay cap and increase wages in our schools.»

Rayner commented: «These stark figures show that the average teacher is now thousands of pounds worse off than they were in 2010, and the government's plans to continue with the public sector pay cap will only make matters worse.»

The STRB has been constrained for several years by the public sector pay cap of one per cent from making a full recommendation on the level of pay required to ensure that schools can recruit and retain the high quality professionals they need.

Other policies include introducing free school meals for all primary school children; ending the public sector pay cap, which affects teachers; giving teachers «more direct involvement» in the curriculum; and extending school - based counselling to all schools.

According to the union, teaching is a predominantly female profession, yet women teachers suffer from the gender pay gap in addition to the burdens of unpaid overtime and the public sector pay cap.

Downing Street sources have told the media the general election showed people are «weary» of the public sector pay cap of 1 per cent.

It is expected the review of the public sector pay cap will feature in a parliamentary debate later today.

It needs to accept the NEU's arguments, end the public sector pay cap and fully fund a pay increase for all teachers to begin to restore teachers» pay to competitive levels.

When it comes to your pay, conditions and pensions, we continue to oppose pay related to pupil performance, and we are campaigning for an end to the public sector pay cap.

Labour says it will end the public sector pay cap, but has not said how much money schools will receive in order to help them grant pay rises to their staff.

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

To mark International Women's Day on March 8, the National Education Union has challenged the government to address the fact that while teaching is a predominantly female job, women teachers are still paid less on average than men, on top of the burdens of unpaid overtime and the public sector pay cap.

Commenting on the public sector pay cap, Kevin Courtney, Joint General Secretary, National Education Union, said:

Teaching is a predominantly female profession, yet women teachers suffer from the gender pay gap in addition to the burdens of unpaid overtime and the 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.