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Why are the Tories dragging their feet over public sector pay?

1 February 2023

10:25 PM

1 February 2023

10:25 PM

Why haven’t ministers sent their submissions to the independent pay review bodies for their sectors? That’s the question being asked of Education Secretary Gillian Keegan and Health Secretary Steve Barclay, both of whose departments have missed their deadlines for submissions on next year’s pay settlement.

Some hope that a more generous pay settlement for next year might make it harder for trade unions to continue striking

Keegan was out and about on the airwaves dealing with the start of the teaching strikes this morning, and explained that the education department had ‘halted’ the submission on future pay.

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