Pay Up Now! – Scrap the pay cap and give public servants a meaningful pay rise
Every single person who works in public services needs and deserve a pay rise. It’s time for the pay cap to be scrapped, for the government to provide additional funding for public sector pay and for employers to put public sector workers pay up now.
This petition closed on 12 Mar 2018 with 149,138 signatures
1. Joint Staff Side
07/12/2017 - NHS Pay Review Body (NHSPRB)
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Found: working together to improve NHS
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Staff Side Evidence to the NHS Pay Review
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2. Public service pensions - employer contributions
11/04/2019 - Parliamentary Research
Found: BRIEFING PAPER Number CBP-7539, 11 April 2019 Public service pensions - employer contributions By Djuna
3. Social care funding and workforce report: government response
29/01/2021 - Department of Health and Social Care
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Found: Care
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Funding and Workforce
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4. Government’s response to the House of Lords Select Committee on Intergenerational Fairness and Provision report on ‘Tackling intergenerational unfairness’
22/07/2019 - HM Treasury
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Found: commitment to our
fiscal rules.
This means sustainable public finances which lessen the debt interest burden
5. PM speech at Augar Review launch: 30 May 2019
30/05/2019 - Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street (Number 10)
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Found: work as well as possible and improve government services.
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1. Public Sector Pay
24/07/2018 - Commons Chamber
1: announcements of public sector pay rises.Last September, I informed the House that we would scrap the cap - Speech Link
2: brilliant public sector workers by this Government’s slash-and-burn policy in relation to public sector pay - Speech Link
2. Public Sector Pay Policy
05/06/2018 - Westminster Hall
1: move,That this House has considered public sector pay policy.It is a pleasure to serve under - Speech Link
3. Public Sector Pay
04/12/2017 - Westminster Hall
1: considered e-petition 200032 relating to public sector pay.It is a great pleasure to be here under - Speech Link
2: the constant promise that the pay cap is temporary, when all the time it has continued, and seven years - Speech Link
3: jobs—as many public sector jobs still are—often get overlooked when we talk about the public sector. We understandably - Speech Link
4: points she has made, does she agree that public sector workers are also consumers? It is essential that - Speech Link
5: private sector generates value in the economy, we should ask, “Yes, but who looks after your workers when - Speech Link
4. NHS Pay
13/09/2017 - Commons Chamber
1: That this House notes that in 2017-18 NHS pay rises have been capped at one per cent and that this - Speech Link
2: That this House notes that in 2017-18 NHS pay rises have been capped at one per cent and that this - Speech Link
3: party has consistently campaigned to get rid of the cap. The Conservatives have voted against getting rid - Speech Link
5. Financial Reward for Government Workers and Key Workers
14/12/2020 - Westminster Hall
1: because Members are not allowed to speak from the Public Gallery.I also ask Members to respect the - Speech Link
2: relating to financial rewards for government workers and keyworkers.It is a pleasure to serve - Speech Link
6. NHS Staff Pay
21/03/2018 - Commons Chamber
1: living memory. Today’s agreement on a new pay deal reflects public appreciation for just how much they have - Speech Link
7. Spending Review 2020 and OBR Forecast
25/11/2020 - Commons Chamber
1: today’s spending review also delivers stronger public services, paying for new hospitals, better schools and - Speech Link
8. Civil Service Compensation Scheme
19/03/2019 - Westminster Hall
1: Members’ Financial Interests—I chair the Public and Commercial Services Union parliamentary group. I want to - Speech Link
2: added that he“was not entitled to impose additional entry conditions above and beyond those stipulated - Speech Link
9. Covid-19: People Living in Poverty
30/04/2020 - Lords Chamber
1: living in poverty, or (2) unable to meet their basic needs, as a result of COVID-19; and what steps they are - Speech Link
2: everyone who has put their name down to speak in this debate and apologise that the time available is so - Speech Link
10. Oral Answers to Questions
07/10/2019 - Commons Chamber
1: have talked to the medical profession, the third sector and patients. My Bill to implement a system in - Speech Link
2: should for these people and their families and scrap the six-month rule, get implicit consent in place - Speech Link
3: financial stress for the carer when a terminally ill person dies? One of my constituents was forced into serious - Speech Link
4: audit, to improve the accuracy of the advice they provide to decision makers. We continually look to improve - Speech Link
5: appeal in 2018-19, what confidence can the Minister give my constituent that there is equality and consistency - Speech Link
6: assessment, to ensure that we proactively gather the additional written and oral evidence that is often presented - Speech Link
7: update the House on the progress on introducing a single assessment service, which will greatly help the - Speech Link
asked by: Nadia Whittome
14/09/2020
... whether he will make it his policy to increase funding for local authorities to allow for a pay rise for local authority funded care workers in line with the public sector pay rise.
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For more than seven years, everyone who works in public services has seen their pay decline, thanks to the public sector pay cap. Inflation is currently at 2.9%, meaning that the cap is a significant annual pay cut for those public service champions – nurses, care workers, teaching assistants, social workers and so many others - who work for all of us. Public sector pay has risen by just 4.4% between 2010 and 2016 while the cost of living rose by 22%.
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Government Response
Public sector workers deserve to have fulfilling jobs that are fairly rewarded. On 12 September we announced a move away from the 1% public sector pay policy, towards a more flexible approach on pay.
We still need to deal with our country’s debts to ensure we have a strong economy to enable us to invest in our public services. This means that we will continue to take a balanced approach to public spending.
The Government will consider each specific workforce to ensure pay is set so that we can continue to both attract and hold on to the excellent staff that support our world-leading public services.
Before we make final decisions on pay awards, we will seek the views of the eight independent Pay Review Bodies, which will consider the evidence on how we ensure we attract and retain the very best people within our public services, like giving people more flexibility over their working hours.
They will report in Spring 2018, at which point we will consider their recommendations and announce public sector pay awards for each of those workforces.
HM Treasury