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Liz Truss abandons £8.8bn policy to slash public sector pay amid backlash

Liz Truss abandons £8.8 billion policy to slash public sector pay amid backlash

Liz Truss has abandoned a flagship policy to slash £8.8 billion from public sector pay outside London after furious warnings from senior Conservatives that it would be “levelling down” the nation by leaving nurses, police officers and teachers ...

02 Aug 2022 at 23:42

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Irish government offers public servants 6.5% staggered pay rise

Public servants have been offered phased wage increases of 6.5% over the course of 18 months to October 2023, the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) has said. The revised package sees pay increases of 3% from February 2 2022; 2% from March ...

30 Aug 2022 at 16:33

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Taoiseach urges union members to accept ‘fair’ public sector pay deal

The Taoiseach has urged union members to accept what he insisted was a “fair” agreement on public sector pay increases. Micheal Martin welcomed the 6.5% rise that was tabled by the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) following lengthy talks ...

30 Aug 2022 at 20:33

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Public servants in Waterford to receive 6.5% staggered pay rise

Public servants in Waterford and across Ireland have been offered phased wage increases of 6.5% over the course of 18 months to October 2023, the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) has said. The revised package sees pay increases of 3% ...

30 Aug 2022 at 21:33

Local News

Public servants in Kilkenny to receive pay rise

Public servants in Kilkenny and across Ireland have been offered phased wage increases of 6.5% over the course of 18 months to October 2023, the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) has said. The revised package sees pay increases of 3% ...

30 Aug 2022 at 18:33

Ireland

Irish government offers public servants 6.5% staggered pay rise

30 Aug 2022 at 12:59

Child poverty increasing in key worker households, warns TUC

One in five households where adults are classed as “key” workers has children living in poverty, according to new research. The TUC said its study suggests that the number of children growing up in poverty in key worker households has ...

05 Aug 2022 at 06:54

Scotland

Current NHS pay offer is all we can afford to put on the table, warns Swinney

Deputy First Minister John Swinney has told NHS workers fighting for pay increases he has “nowhere else to go” to fund an increased offer. NHS unions are currently balloting on strike action and ambulance workers and physiotherapists ...

03 Nov 2022 at 17:42

Scotland

Public sector pay strategy recommends 3.5% increase

A public sector pay strategy published by the Scottish Government has recommended an increase of 3.5%. The proposals for 2023/24 set a maximum uplift of 5% where there are justifying circumstances and suggests a £1,500 cash boost ...

22 Mar 2023 at 13:21

Sunak ‘sad’ about strikes but insists no negotiation on pay is ‘right thing’

Rishi Sunak has said he is “sad” and “disappointed” about widespread strike action, but he insisted refusing to negotiate on public sector pay is the “right thing” in the long term. The Prime Minister defended the Government on ...

23 Dec 2022 at 17:17

Ministers stress need for discipline over public sector pay rises

Millions of public sector workers have been warned that the Government will show “discipline” over their pay rises amid further signs of union unrest at Rishi Sunak’s approach. Teachers from the NASUWT union in England plan to ...

12 Jul 2023 at 17:09

Hunt stresses need for ‘responsible’ approach to public sector pay

Jeremy Hunt appeared to discourage workers from asking for pay rises far above the target rate for inflation as he stressed the Government’s “responsible” approach to public sector wages. It comes amid further signs of union ...

12 Jul 2023 at 19:20

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