Teachers and police 'suffer most under austerity'

Public sector pay cap has hit salaries by up to £3 an hour, says government report

Philip Hammond Mansion Speech
Philip Hammond delivers his delayed 2017 Mansion House speech
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Teachers, police and nurses are feeling the biggest impact of the Tories' controversial one per cent pay cap on public sector workers, according to a government report.

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