UK ministers reject union calls to lift public sector pay to pre-austerity levels

Downing Street says wages can rise above inflation only with productivity gains to match

Improve productivity for more pay, public sector told

Downing Street tells unions angry at 2.8% pay proposals that workers must become more productive.
BBC News - 12h
Government recommends 2.8% pay rise for public sector

Teachers, NHS staff and senior civil servants are among those covered by the proposals.
BBC News - 18h
UK public sector workers face fresh pay restraint as Treasury takes tough stance

Whitehall departments say rises of more than 2.8% for NHS staff and teachers in 2025-26 would be unaffordable
Financial Times - 1d
Review of £1.2tn in UK public spending will ‘be tight’, minister warns

Treasury chief secretary Darren Jones launches line-by-line assessment to find 5% savings
Financial Times - 1d
South Korea President Lifts Martial Law After Parliament Rejects Move

Leader Yoon Suk Yeol’s reversal ended a tense night in Seoul.
The Wall Street Journal - Dec. 3
Wisconsin Judge Strikes Down Limits on Public Sector Unions

The 2011 law stripped most government workers in the state of collective bargaining rights and set off protests that lasted weeks.
The New York Times - Dec. 2
Pres. Biden’s pardon for Hunter was always an ‘open’ option despite public denials

President Biden issues a full and unconditional pardon of his son Hunter Biden despite repeatedly insisting he would not do so. NBC News Correspondents Ken Dilanian and Mike Memoli report on the ...
NBC News - Dec. 2

Improve productivity for more pay, public sector told