PRESSURE mounted on the Tories yesterday to end the public-sector pay cap after a petition demanding a parliamentary debate on the issue attracted more than 100,000 signatures.

The petition by union Unison calls on the government to lift the 1 per cent pay cap and give everyone who works in schools, hospitals, local councils, government departments and police forces a decent wage rise.

This must be backed with extra resources, or jobs and services will have to be cut, putting overstretched services under even greater pressure, it said.