Even though Sir Ed Davey says he's alarmed at the government's refusal to get around the table and negotiate teachers's pay - adding "they should get very near to inflation"

He is still advocating a below inflation pay rise!, I.e. a real time pay cut.
Great from an MP who has received near 35% rise over the last 10-12 years.

#TeachersPay #LibDems #BelowInflation #PayCut

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-65358122

This from Richard Murphy who explains it way better than I can:
The NHS pay deal looks like a perpetual 6.4% pay cut to me https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2023/03/17/the-nhs-pay-deal-looks-like-a-perpetual-6-4-pay-cut-to-me/. The NHS pay deal is going to leave NHS workers horribly short in years to come - and make jobs in the NHS deeply unattractive. That may be what the government wants, but it is going to be a disaster for NHS workers and everyone else who relies on them
@RichardJMurphy.
#NHS #PayOffer #Nurses #PayCut

In other news: UK Government proposes real #PayCut of up to £28 billion for #PublicService workers

#CostOfLivingCrisis