Public sector pay rises in line with soaring inflation are “unaffordable”, Transport Secretary Mark Harper has said, raising the chances of a winter of strikes going ahead. Mr Harper told Sky’s Sophy Ridge On Sunday programme: “Inflation-matching or inflation-busting pay rises are unaffordable. “I think we want to try and give all the workers in the public sector who work very hard decent pay rises, but they can’t be inflation-busting pay rises. Transport Secretary Mark Harper said inflation-busting pay deals are unaffordable (PA)The RMT said Mr Harper must “make his role as facilitator tangible and real”. Public sector workers like many in the private sector are calling for significant pay rises so they do not face real-terms cuts, as inflation soars past 11%.

Source: The Herald November 27, 2022 16:01 UTC