Average regular pay growth for the private sector was 7.2% in September to November 2022, and 3.3% for the public sector
(Picture: PA Wire)Private sector pay rose at more than twice the rate of public sector wages, figures revealed on Tuesday, undermining the Government’s stance on strikes.
Rishi Sunak is facing the biggest wave of industrial action since the late Seventies as inflation squeezes people’s real pay. Teachers on Monday became the latest public sector workers to vote for strikes, joining nurses, ambulance workers and rail staff who are all striking over pay.
