Public Sector Pay – Hinterland https://hinterland.org.uk Rural News Mon, 15 Mar 2021 05:56:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5 Nurses’ union anger over ‘pitiful’ 1% NHS pay rise https://hinterland.org.uk/nurses-union-anger-over-pitiful-1-nhs-pay-rise/ Mon, 15 Mar 2021 05:56:07 +0000 http://hinterland.org.uk/?p=13841 Worth remembering in the context of this story that it is disproportionately difficult to recruit healthcare staff to work in rural settings. It tells us:

The government can expect a “backlash” if it goes ahead with a proposed 1% pay rise for NHS staff in England next year, a nursing union has warned.

The health department has made the recommendation in a submission to the independent panel that advises on NHS salaries.

The Royal College of Nursing called the suggested rise “pitiful” and said nurses should be getting 12.5% more.

NHS staff have been excluded from a pay freeze for most public sector workers.

The NHS Pay Review Body is due to recommend salary levels for health service staff before early May, before ministers then make a final decision.

In its submission, the health department said awarding NHS staff a “headline” pay increase of more than 1% “would require re-prioritisation”.

]]> Public sector pay cap is matter for future budgets, says Grayling https://hinterland.org.uk/public-sector-pay-cap-is-matter-for-future-budgets-says-grayling/ Wed, 05 Jul 2017 19:57:28 +0000 http://www.hinterland.org.uk/?p=4582 I was chatting to someone at a northern rural unitary on Tuesday. Tasked with saving approaching £200million over the next 3 years we reflected on that the increase in local authority might mean in terms of the double bind of greater pay leading to fewer jobs in many councils where the core of key staff is already hollowed out. This article really does point to some really difficult choices assailing the public sector without a rounded focus on budget rather than just pay growth. It tells us:

Chris Grayling, the transport secretary, has dampened hopes of an imminent lifting of the 1% public sector pay cap for teachers, police and prison officers, saying the issue was a matter for future budgets.

He said a decision on the future of the cap would be taken collectively by the cabinet at the next budget in the autumn, despite signals from some senior Tories – including Michael Gove, Boris Johnson, Justine Greening and Jeremy Hunt – that they would like to see a quicker easing of the controls.

Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, Grayling acknowledged there had been divisions within the cabinet over the issue, as they were “not all clones”. But he insisted it was “a matter to be addressed at future budgets”.

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