Public sector pay cap to be lifted this week as tens of thousands of police and public sector workers to get rise

‘Tens of thousands of police and prison officers will get a pay rise of more than one per cent this year, ministers will announce this week.
The hike will pave the way for similar increases in other sectors as Philip Hammond, the Chancellor, officially drops the seven year old cap on public sector pay.
The decision risks increasing Britain’s deficit as each one per cent increase in public sector pay is estimated to cost the taxpayer £2billion, and is likely to be attacked by critics on the Conservative Right.
Public sector pay was frozen by former Chancellor George Osborne for two years in 2010, except for those earning less than £21,000 a year, and since 2013, rises have been capped at 1 per cent – below the rate of inflation.’
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