Public sector workers first to face cut in real pay, says thinktank
by Phillip Inman from on (#2FXMG)
Wages in sector will fall by 2020 to levels last seen a decade ago, the Resolution Foundation forecasts
Public sector workers have become the first group to suffer a cut in real wages since the recovery of 2014 as forecasters predicted that the rest of the working population would follow suit later this year.
The Resolution Foundation said the situation for 5.4 million public sector workers is expected to worsen over the rest of the decade as pay restraint and high inflation eat into their take-home pay and living standards.
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