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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jon Stone

Tory minister on £115k salary says workers must accept ‘pay restraint’ to control inflation

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A Conservative cabinet minister who is paid well over £100,000 a year has called for workers to accept "pay restraint" to control inflation.

On the eve of strike action by rail workers Simon Clarke, the chief secretary to the Treasury, attacked workers’ demands for wages to keep pace with the cost of living.

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