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Millions of public sector workers, including teachers, police and junior doctors are to get pay rises between 5%-7%, the government says.

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[-] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 17 points 1 year ago

Asked where the money would come from to fund other pay awards, Mr Sunak said he would be asking government departments to re-prioritise their focus on pay.

In other words budgets will be cut so that this pay rise can be met.

[-] HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 9 points 1 year ago

Millions of public sector workers get slightly smaller pay cut.

Still well elow inflation after multiple freezes in pay over austerity. That never got recovered.

Not to mention the only way it can be paid for is lower quality services. As no funding has been provided.

[-] Mex@feddit.uk 8 points 1 year ago

And just before a general election...

[-] RelentlessArts@feddit.uk 8 points 1 year ago

Not really a payrise if you're still on a lower wage in real world terms.

[-] Lazylazycat@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Still a pay cut.

[-] Rokk@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

The payrise for teachers is not fully funded despite the government's initial announcement.

The estimated cost for a 6.5% pay rise is around £1.6b with the additional funding provided being £900m.

The union leaders were told to recommend the deal by 12:30 or it would be withdrawn.

Teachers accepting this is basically voting to reduce staff numbers in their schools but I worry it will be accepted because lots of teachers aren't willing to escalate the strike action.

this post was submitted on 13 Jul 2023
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