Public sector workers

Unions have warned that anti-strike guidelines requiring 40% of practice providers run throughout walkouts are unworkable. Minimum service ranges, proscribing rights to strike, can be launched for ambulance employees, rail staff and Border…

If the NHS wants to address staffing shortages, it will need to revert back to funding levels that were last observed prior to the Tories gaining power. The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has conducted analysis on the cost of NHS…

Real terms pay cuts of more than 9% have fuelled public sector strikes, research reveals today.An estimated 3.9 million working days have been lost to industrial action in the past year - more than at any point since the 1980s, according to…

NHS waiting lists in England have climbed to a new record high of 7.6 million. Data published by NHS England on Thursday revealed 7.6 million people were waiting to start treatment at the end of June, up from 7.5 million in May. The figure…

Double-digit pay rises for public sector workers would not be inflationary, a think tank report says today.A 10.5% salary boost for public sector staff would add 0.14 percentage points at most to inflation if funded by borrowing, new…

Millions of public sector workers will be handed a pay rise of at least 6% - but do YOU think the boost is enough to end strike action?Teachers, police officers and junior doctors are among those who will benefit from the salary uplift…

Rishi Sunak has finally realised that public sector workers deserve a pay rise.NHS workers, teachers, police officers and members of the armed forces will now get an increase in their wages that recognises their service to this country.…

Fears have been raised of a wave of cuts to public services after the Treasury failed to stump up extra cash for pay rises for millions of public sector workers.Rishi Sunak bowed to pressure and accepted recommendations from pay review…

Rishi Sunak has bowed to pressure over public sector pay, ruling that millions of NHS staff, police and teachers should get pay rises of 6% or more.But departments have been told they will have to slash their budgets in order to fund the…

Recommended pay hike for nurses, police and troops could be snubbed to curb inflation, Rishi Sunak signalled yesterday. The Prime Minister indicated he could overrule proposals from independent Pay Review Bodies into how much of a wage…