Diamond Member Pelican Press 0 Posted May 22, 2025 Diamond Member Share Posted May 22, 2025 This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Public sector workers offered up to 4.5% pay rises Millions of public sector workers including nurses, doctors and teachers have been offered pay rises of between 3.6% and 4.5%. It comes after the government accepted recommendations from pay review bodies higher than the 2.8% it previously budgeted for. Unions had threatened action if pay awards were not increased, arguing 2.8% was too low. But the Treasury has previously said rises above this will have to be funded through savings from existing budgets. NHS workers on Agenda for Change contracts, covering around 1.4m staff excluding doctors, dentists and senior managers, have been offered rises of 3.6% from April. Awards of 4% have been offered to doctors and dentists, as well as teachers in England and prison staff. Members of the armed forces have been offered 4.5%. Inflation – the rate prices are increasing – has fallen in recent months, but unexpectedly This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up , potentially complicating how ministers sell the deals to workers. The Bank of England has previously said it expects inflation to peak at 3.7% between July and September this year, before slowly falling. Labour ended long-running public sector strikes last summer by accepting recommended pay rises between 4.75% and 6% for last year. Ministers argued the move was required to stop damage to the economy – but it led to Conservative accusations they had lost control of public sector pay. This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up #Public #sector #workers #offered #pay #rises This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up For verified travel tips and real support, visit: https://hopzone.eu/ 0 Quote Link to comment https://hopzone.eu/forums/topic/256483-public-sector-workers-offered-up-to-45-pay-rises/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
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