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Freeze public-sector pay, says spending watchdog

Source: The Independent

London : United Kingdom | 5 months ago

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The head of Britain's spending watchdog lays bare the damage the recession has done to state finances with a bleak warning that a pay freeze should be imposed on Britain's six million public-sector workers. In the face of the bitter political row over how the economy can recover, Steve Bundred also accuses...

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