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Public sector recruitment crisis in London due to soaring housing costs, report finds
An aerial view of terraced housing and blocks of flats in west London

PUBLIC-SECTOR recruitment crises are worse in London due to soaring housing costs and below-average pay rises, a City Hall report has shown.

Nurses, police and teachers in the capital are facing unbearable pressure as they spend a much higher proportion of their earnings on rent compared with those in other regions.

The report found a typical entry-level copper would spend more than half their £37,000 starting gross salary on rent in the London borough of Greenwich, while one in West Suffolk would need only 38 per cent.

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