Sentences with phrase «public sector pay rose»

Meanwhile, official statistics show that in the first three months of this year, public sector pay rose by 1.4 per cent - whereas private sector pay did not rise at all.

The source added that Mr Johnson «strongly believes» a public sector pay rise can be done in a «responsible way» which will not put undue pressure on the public finances.

Some of it is the legacy of the 60s and 70s when public sector pay rise conflicts dominated politics and resulted in crippling strikes.

Gordon Brown today issued a strong defence of his handling of the economy, and underlined his tough line by calling yet again for restraint in public sector pay rises.

Obviously there was no need to give anyone in the public sector a pay rise because they were all fundamentally lazy and, worse still, more likely to vote Labour.

Public sector pay rises will be capped to one for two years from 2011, while the 40 per cent income tax threshold will be frozen the following year - hitting anyone earning over # 43,000.

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».

The one per cent pay rise for teachers is in line with the government's cap on public sector pay rises, which many had hoped would be scrapped.

Not exact matches

The cap was introduced by former prime minister David Cameron in 2010 and has resulted in public sector pay being frozen at one percent rises for the last seven years.

They are to pay for their rising debt service not by taxing the population, but by selling public assets to the financial, insurance and real estate (FIRE) sectors — the very sectors which are receiving the growing interest payments on the national debts resulting from lowering taxes on wealth.

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.

«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.»

13:09 - Speaking on 1 %, benefits will rise by 1 %, as predicted, just like public sector pay.

«It is one of the reasons why public sector pay has risen at twice the rate of private sector pay over the last four years.»

The government, at the last quarter of 2015, after a series of meetings of the National Tripartite Committee (NTC) comprising government, employers» association, organized labour and the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) announced a 10 percent pay rise for public sector workers across the country.

Assistant General Secretary of the TUC, Paul Nowak was optimistic about public support for Thursday's strike over public sector pay, and said: «We believe Britain needs a pay rise - and that applies whether you work in the private or the public sector.»

If public sector workers are given a bigger pay rise than the 1 % promised by the Government, it will lead to «debts ever larger for our children and our grandchildren to have to pay off», a senior minister said.

Large majorities think many public sector workers should be given pay rises above one per cent, and most Labour voters think their party should support strike action if pay demands are not met, according to my latest poll.

Under the nominal spending trick, public sector workers have been getting pay rises fthe whole time.

But those moves will do little to alleviate public anger over the rise, which is well above the one per cent pay rise being received by public sector workers.

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?

A senior Labour backbencher is attempting to force George Osborne to deliver on a # 250 pay rise promise for up to a million public sector workers.

The Conservatives have promised to pay for the scrapping of the National Insurance rise by cutting waste in the public sector.

«Liberal Democrats will not enter a coalition with a party not prepared to back pay rises for people working in the public sector.

In the days after the Budget, unease grew as Harriet Harman, the party's acting leader, and Chris Leslie, the shadow chancellor, signalled that Labour would not oppose Conservative policies such as the 1 per cent cap on public - sector pay rises for four years and the reduced benefit cap of # 20,000 (# 23,000 in London).

The government currently faces a backbench rebellion over its attempts to force MPs to accept a 1.9 per cent pay rise, putting them on a par with public sector workers such as police and prison officers.

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This line was attached by Mark Serwotka, general secretary of the PCS, who said rising poverty was in part fuelled by the strict pay deals imposed on low paid public sector workers.

Minister of Employment and Labour Relations, Haruna Iddrisu Public sector workers are to enjoy a 12.5 % pay rise.

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.

The public sector can never pay for better wages out of productivity so their wages will always lag behind the private sector, in a time of rising prices and inflation this becomes a nightmare scenario for any government.

GMB general secretary Paul Kenny said the claim was unacceptable at a time when thousands of public sector workers were having pay rises capped at three per cent.

The senior salaries review body (SSRB) recommends MPs vote for a pay rise of 2.56 per cent, noting that they are underpaid compared to people in comparable positions in the private and public sector.

The government has awarded teachers a 2.45 per cent pay rise from September, above its two per cent target for the wider public sector.

With inflation rising and set to rise further, the Tories» plan to raise public sector pay by one percent a year to 2020 is likely to mean real terms cuts.

Gordon Brown maintains public sector pay awards must be below two per cent to prevent rising inflation.

The government risks further embarrassment this year as Mr Brown has been uncompromising in his insistence public sector workers such as nurses, police officers and prison guards must accept a 1.9 per cent pay rise to maintain inflation.

The pain for millions of workers in the public sector will continue as they lose automatic pay rises awarded for time served.

MPs are to be spared the full impact of a rise in pension contributions paid by other public - sector employees - Daily Express

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Today's Daily Telegraph splashes with the news that public sector pay continues to grow under Labour: «The Office for National Statistics disclosed that, in the three months to October, state workers received an average annual rise of 2.8 % This was close to triple that seen in the private sector, where pay edged up by 1.1 %.

Handing politicians a # 10k pay rise is completely unacceptable while other public sector workers are facing pay restraint.

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) claimed that pay freezes and below - inflation rises had left public sector workers # 2,245 worse off on average since the UK coalition government took office.

These public sector workers claim that they are not seeing any benefit from a recovering economy and that the pay freeze and 1 % cap on a rise which they've seen in the last four years, has left them # 4,000 worse off than in 2010.

The biggest issue in the dispute is pay, after ministers froze public sector salaries in 2010 and introduced a 1 % cap on pay rises in 2012 - which remains in place.

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 and other public sector workers have been warned that the one per cent pay rise promised to public sector staff is not guaranteed.

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.»

«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.»

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