Essential workers thousands of pounds worse off than a decade ago, TUC says

Nurses, care home staff and police officers have had real pay cuts since 2010 as wages lag behind prices

Nurses, care home staff and police officers working on Christmas Day will be thousands of pounds worse off than they were a decade ago as a result of wages failing to keep pace with prices, Trades Union Congress analysis has shown.

Urging the government to raise the minimum wage to 10 an hour, the TUC said the key workers expected to keep Britain going on 25 December had taken real pay cuts since 2010.