Nearly 2m public sector workers close to quitting over pay, says TUC

Frances O'Grady says YouGov survey shows key workers who got UK through Covid face more pay misery'

Nearly 2 million public sector workers could be close to quitting over poor pay, their representatives have warned, leaving the UK's public services facing a looming crisis.

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) said the efforts of millions of key workers got the UK through the worst of the Covid pandemic, but now those same workers were facing another year of pay misery" at the hands of the government - while the cost of living continues to soar.