#J10: The need to take action against poverty pay in public services
The Government has had local government pay and conditions squarely in its sights since 2010. A pay freeze in 2010, 2011 and 2012 and a punitive 1% pay cap ever since has sent the pay packets of local government and school workers plummeting back to the level of the 1990s. This year’s pay offer would result in a cumulative real-term cut of almost 20%. We…
