Prospect Budget response - public sector pay

Mike Clancy, General Secretary of Prospect, responding to announcements in the Budget on public sector pay, said:

“The government promised to end the public sector pay freeze and after this Budget they must ensure that departments do not short-change employees by failing to offer proper pay rises.

“The Chancellor said that public sector pay will be determined by independent bodies, but hundreds of thousands of civil servants, and millions of public sector workers, aren’t covered by these bodies and need government to guarantee a fair pay rise for them.

“With inflation soaring and pay rising across the private sector, this is an opportunity to reset the job market and make the public sector an attractive a place to work for skilled workers.

“What mustn't happen is yet another free-for-all on expensive consultants, wasting public money and failing to reward public servants who have been heroes of the pandemic."