{"id":192501,"date":"2024-12-10T21:31:27","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T21:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/10\/government-recommends-2-8-pay-rise-for-public-sector-workers\/"},"modified":"2024-12-10T21:31:27","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T21:31:27","slug":"government-recommends-2-8-pay-rise-for-public-sector-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/10\/government-recommends-2-8-pay-rise-for-public-sector-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Government recommends 2.8% pay rise for public sector workers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Government departments have recommended a pay rise of 2.8% for millions of public sector workers including teachers, NHS staff and senior civil servants next year. <\/p>\n

Inflation – which measures price changes over time – is predicted to average 2.6% next year by the government’s official forecaster.<\/p>\n

But union Unison said the proposed pay increase was “barely above the cost of living”, while teaching unions said it would only deepen the “crisis” in recruitment and retention. <\/p>\n

The recommendations will now be considered by independent pay review bodies. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The government said departments would have to fund 2025-26 and future pay increases from their own budgets and unlike in recent years there would be no additional money if recommended pay awards exceed what departments can afford. <\/p>\n

It added that officials would have to consider whether additional costs could be covered through other savings or improvements in productivity. <\/p>\n

After winning power, the new Labour government accepted a series of above-inflation pay rises for public sector workers for 2024-25, bringing an end to long-running strikes. <\/p>\n

The government said it had inherited a “challenging” financial position and defended the decision given “deteriorating recruitment and retention across the public sector”. <\/p>\n

However, it added that this “required difficult trade-offs”. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The British Medical Association said the recommended pay rise for 2025\/26 “indicates a poor grasp of the unresolved issues from two years of industrial action” and warned there was a “very real risk” of further strikes if “pay erosion” was not addressed.<\/p>\n

Royal College of Nursing general secretary and chief executive Prof Nicola Ranger described the pay recommendation as “deeply offensive”.<\/p>\n

“The government has today told nursing staff they are worth as little as \u00a32 extra a day, less than the price of a coffee,” she said.<\/p>\n

“Fair pay must be matched by structural reform. Let’s open direct talks now and avoid further escalation to disputes and ballots.”<\/p>\n

The Department for Education said the 2.8% pay rise would “maintain the competitiveness of teachers’ pay despite the challenging financial backdrop the government is facing”. <\/p>\n

However, the National Education Union said it fell “well short of the urgent action needed”. <\/p>\n

General secretary Daniel Kebede said: “Teacher pay has been cut by over a fifth in real terms since 2010, hitting teacher living standards and damaging the competitive position of teaching against other graduate professions.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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