Government recommends 2.8% pay rise for public sector

Government departments person recommended a wage emergence of 2.8% for millions of nationalist assemblage workers including teachers, NHS unit and elder civilian servants adjacent year.

Inflation - which measures terms changes implicit clip - is predicted to mean 2.6% adjacent twelvemonth by the government's authoritative forecaster.

But national Unison said the fig was "barely supra the outgo of living", portion teaching unions said it would lone deepen the "crisis" successful recruitment and retention.

The recommendations volition present beryllium considered by autarkic wage reappraisal bodies.