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Unions intensify threats of industrial action over ‘divisive’ pay freeze for public-sector workers
TUC general secretary Frances O’Grady describes the freeze as a ‘kick in the teeth’ for the workers who kept Britain running during the pandemic
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak leaves 11 Downing Street, London
UNIONS intensified their threat of industrial action today after the government confirmed a “divide and rule” pay freeze for millions of public-sector workers.
In his spending review, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced that nurses, doctors and other NHS workers will get a pay rise next year.
But the Chancellor “paused” increases for other public-sector workers such as firefighters, teachers, teaching assistants, civil servants, refuse collectors, council workers and government agency staff.
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