Published 2 years ago

Truss plan ‘never about reducing pay’ of public sector workers, says Lewis

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Brandon Lewis has defended Liz Truss’s now-abandoned policy to cut civil service and public sector pay outside London, saying the figures were “extrapolated” and insisting the policy was never about reducing the pay of public sector workers. Truss had claimed the introduction of regional pay boards, which she said would “tailor pay to the cost of living where civil servants actually work”, could save up to £8.8bn a year.

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The Guardian

Truss plan ‘never about reducing pay’ of public sector workers, says Lewis

Brandon Lewis defends Tory leadership contender’s now-ditched policy, saying critics had erred by ‘extrapolating’ figures

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Independent

Tory mayor ‘speechless’ at Liz Truss’s plans to cut public sector pay

Ben Houchen claims proposals will result in a ‘massive pay cut for 5.5 million people’ including nurses and police officers outside London

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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Daily Mirror

Liz Truss vows to slash pay of nurses and teachers living outside London

Critics said Liz Truss' promise would result in a 'war on Workington' rather than Whitehall and marked the death of Boris Johnson's levelling up agenda

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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Express & Star

Liz Truss plan to cut public sector pay would ‘level down’ nation – Tory critics

Conservative Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen said he was ‘actually speechless’ at the £8.8 billion proposal.

2 years ago·Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

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Nation.Cymru

Liz Truss to 'ignore' independence demands and cut public sector pay outside of South East England

Liz Truss has vowed to “ignore” calls for independence and to cut public sector pay outside the South East of England. The Tory leadership favourite said that the best way to keep Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland in the union was to “deliver for them”. However, she also unveiled a new policy to pay staff […]

2 years ago

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Channel 4

Liz Truss abandons plans to cut public sector pay

Conservative Party leadership candidate Liz Truss has abandoned plans to cut almost £9 billion from public sector pay in cheaper regions outside London - after furious senior Conservative MPs warned her it would hit nurses, police officers and teachers hard. Rishi Sunak's campaign has called it a dramatic U-turn on…

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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