Majority of people ‘happy to pay more tax to give nurses, police and paramedics a pay rise’

‘Most people are happy to pay more tax to fund a pay rise for paramedics, firefighters, nurses and the police, exclusive research for The Independent has revealed.
Theresa May is urged to hike taxes in order to end the punishing 1 per cent pay cap, which means a real-terms cut after rising inflation is taken into account.
The Prime Minister has stamped on a growing Cabinet revolt on public sector pay, insisting higher spending would threaten her key priority of driving down the budget deficit.’
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