Anger Grows in UK After Conservatives Vote to Keep 1 Percent Pay Rise Salary Cap
NOVANEWS
By Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Occupy.com
Anger is escalating in the UK after Conservative Members of Parliament blocked Labour's bid to raise the salaries of public sector workers. The government of Prime Minister Theresa May voted against the opposition amendment to the Queen's Speech that aimed to put an end to the 1% pay increase cap which public sector workers have endured since 2010.
The pay cap was introduced by former PM David Cameron in 2010 as part of the coalition government's austerity agenda designed to curb public spending and reduce the country's financial deficit. The cap has resulted in the freezing of pay for key public sector employees -- including teachers, firefighters and National Health Service staff -- at a 1 percent rise for the last seven years.
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