Public sector pay - get some facts!

In the news recently has been some debate about whether the pay cap on public sector pay whould be lifted.
this week the government confirmed awards for police and prison officers.
Recomendations from the NHS pay review body can be found on their website. This is one of the 8 main public sector pay review bodies for the UK.
Their role is explained in this introduction from the Office of Manpower economics.

For background and discussion on the issues.
Keep up to date with recent Guardian Newspaper articles.
read the briefing paper published by IFS on recent pay restraint policy

A number of unions oppose the cap. In particular those in the health sector.
UNISON has called for an NHS pay rise.
as part of its pay up now campaign

TUC has a fair pay campaign for public sector workers.

A 2016 publication on pay restraint examined the negative impact of the policy

The Royal College of Midwives has called it 'unfair and disastrous and unsustainable'

The BMA has also called for an end

The Health Foundation  has published reports on its impact on morale and employment

for comparison with pay and conditions of other workers See the ONS national statistics on Earnings and Working hours.