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Evening Standard
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David Bond

Workers’ real pay drops for ninth month in row

Real wages have fallen as inflation soared

(Picture: PA Wire)

Millions of workers saw their real wages drop for the ninth month in a row, official figures revealed on Tuesday.

According to the latest data from the Office for National Statistics, regular pay — which excludes bonuses — fell by 3.9 per cent in the three months to July as households were hit by soaring inflation which was 10.1 per cent in July.

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