Once again it is public sector workers singled out for the worst treatment

General Secretary of Prospect Mike Clancy, responding to the IFS predicting a significant real terms cut in public sector pay following the Spring Statement, said:

“As the wheels come off the Chancellor’s Spring Statement these figures from the IFS show that it is public sector workers who will be paying the price for his lack of ambition.

“Civil Service workers have already lost around a fifth of their pay in real-terms since 2010 – a further real terms cut would be catastrophic to their standard of living in the face of crippling inflation and energy prices.

“The Chancellor had the opportunity both to address the cost of living for everyone, and to ameliorate the impact of inflation on departmental budgets – he chose not to. Everyone is facing a really tough outlook but it seems that once again it is public sector workers and the poorest UK households who have been singled out for the worst treatment.”