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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Michael Savage Policy Editor

Sunak risks public ‘uproar’ with tax cuts before election, TUC leader warns

Rishi Sunak on a visit to County Durham last week.
Rishi Sunak on a visit to County Durham last week. Photograph: Scott Heppell/Reuters

Rishi Sunak will provoke a public uproar should he prioritise pre-election tax cuts over better pay for nurses, ambulance workers and teachers, Britain’s most senior union figure has warned.

With the prime minister already under pressure from Tory MPs to sanction tax cuts in the spring budget, Paul Nowak, the general secretary of the TUC, warned that the public would condemn any such move while a series of public sector pay disputes remained unresolved.

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