Cap on pay increase an ‘insult’ to Environment Agency staff

The government has capped this year’s pay increase for Environment Agency (EA staff) to a maximum 3%, on the same day that unions, including UNISON, submitted a 10% pay claim on behalf of members.
The Cabinet Office published the 2022/23 civil service pay remit guidance last week, which sets out the Treasury’s pay policy for the coming year and binds the hands of a number of government departments and agencies on pay.
It has instructed departments – including the EA – tha