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Rachael Burford

5% pay rises ‘are generous and the final offers’ says minister as unions threaten strikes

Chief secretary to the Treasury Simon Clarke

(Picture: PA Wire)

The below-inflation pay rises being offered to public sector workers are “extremely generous”, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury insisted on Wednesday as unions threatened strikes at schools and hospitals.

The Government has offered NHS staff a wage increase of at least 4.5 per cent, teachers at least 5 per cent and police officers £1,900.

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