Any public pay award below ​cost of living ​is a wage cut

Commenting on the chancellor’s announcement that the public sector pay freeze is to end, UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said today (Tuesday): “This is no cause for celebration. A pay freeze should never have been imposed in the first place.“Unless extra money finds its way to ​individual government departments, the freeze will continue. Any pay rise less than the rate of inflation is, effectively, a pay cut.
“Ministers must also find the ​cash