Sentences with phrase «public sector pay freeze»

The pension campaign comes against a backdrop of public sector pay freezes, pay cuts and the prospect of regional pay.

The government have already announced some measures to cut the deficit, like a two - year public sector pay freeze.

The Government's decision to impose a two - year public sector pay freeze for 2011/12 and the changes to the TPS were widely criticised by teaching unions.

«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.»

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.

This, together with the public sector pay freeze, will hit the government's spending plans and trade union members.

Is it because the public sector pay freeze and rising unemployment means that average earnings will be less than inflation over the next two years?

Two of the UK's biggest trade unions have revealed they are planning for co-ordinated strikes unless the government suspends its public sector pay freeze.

The Tories want a public sector pay freeze and the Lib Dems say they would cap public sector pay increases at # 400.

The TUC has voted at its annual Congress to support co-ordinated strike action over a public sector pay freeze.

«But then you have to counter-balance it with their absurd support for the public sector pay freeze, which in our view is economically stupid.

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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.

Lifting the public sector pay freeze would give the average civil servant's household 16 times more than the saving under chancellor George Osborne's rehashed council tax freeze announcement, the Public and Commercial Services union says.

Public sector pay freeze The chancellor unveils freezing pay for public sector workers over two years.

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Union bosses will go toe - to - toe with the Labour leadership today as they fight for delegates at the Labour conference to approve a motion opposing the party's support for a public sector pay freeze.

Union bosses are going toe - to - toe with the Labour leadership today as they fight for delegates at the Labour conference to approve a motion opposing the party's support for a public sector pay freeze.

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.

McCluskey also supported calls by Unison, the largest public sector union, for protests against a public sector pay freeze — including strikes if necessary.

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And by saying that the 50p tax rate could not be abolished while the public sector pay freeze was in place, he also hinted that it could be abolished in 2012.

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