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PUBLIC-SECTOR workers’ unions were angered today after reports of the government’s “last-gasp” attempt to curry favour with an austerity-hit workforce through a meagre pay rise for teachers, police officers and other employees emerged.
The Treasury is reportedly set to unveil the biggest public-sector wage increase for six years — worth £2 billion — after years of pay caps.
It would affect two million workers and any announcement would reportedly come just before Theresa May leaves Downing Street.
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