Philip Hammond under pressure after claiming ‘public sector workers are overpaid’

‘Chancellor Philip Hammond is at the centre of a new Cabinet storm after he reportedly told ministers that public sector workers are “overpaid”.
Mr Hammond made the comment at Tuesday’s weekly meeting of the Cabinet, according to The Sunday Times.
The Treasury denied he had used the words attributed to him by the newspaper.
The report had quoted a cabinet source saying: “Philip used a fairly inflammatory phrase. He said they were ‘overpaid’.
“That caused some general astonishment. His overall tone was that we shouldn’t give them more cash because they are overpaid.
“Later in the meeting both Boris Johnson and the PM said we should not say public sector workers are overpaid.”‘
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