CON-DEM attacks on public-sector pay have robbed workers of enough cash to feed their families for eight months straight — from now until the general election.

Trade Union Congress (TUC) researchers said yesterday that public-sector workers had lost the equivalent of £2,245 a year through freezes and below-inflation rises since 2010.

Official figures put the cost of a typical family’s weekly shop at £60 — meaning that the lost wages would have kept kitchens stocked for 37 weeks.