John McDonnell MP, Labour’s Shadow Chancellor, speaking after his
Urgent Question in the House today on the mixed messages coming from the
government on public sector pay, said:
“Millions of public sector workers will have been left
disappointed today after the Chancellor refused to make a statement to
Parliament to clarify Government policy.
“Our dedicated public sector workers have suffered enough and
deserve more than the empty words being offered to them by this weak and
unstable cabinet of chaos.
“Today neither the Prime Minister, the Chancellor nor the Chief
Secretary to the Treasury was able to tell us when a decision will be made
about the future of the pay cap.
“The Chancellor should now formally inform the Pay Review Bodies
that they are free to do what is right by the public servants and the services
we depend upon by making a fair pay award. If they won’t the Tories should
stand aside for a Labour Government will give our public sector workers the pay
rise they deserve and end austerity in the national interest.”
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