Shadow health secretary calls on Tory MPs to back motion to lift ‘unfair’ cap as opposition seeks to pressure PM to actLabour is to force a Commons vote on scrapping the 1% public sector pay cap. The opposition is seeking to capitalise on Conservative support for public sector workers to receive a pay increase and Theresa May’s lack of a majority to pressure her to take action sooner than previously hinted. Theresa May under growing pressure to lift public sector pay cap Read moreThe announcement of the motion comes after a former top Treasury official labelled the cap unsustainable in the long term. The Institute for Fiscal Studies has said if public sector pay were to rise in line with inflation for the next three or four years it would cost the public purse between £6bn and £7bn more than if the cap were retained. Commenting on the speculation, Macpherson told BBC Radio 4’s Westminster Hour: “Generally pay caps aren’t sustainable in the long term.

Source: The Guardian September 10, 2017 11:26 UTC