Budget 2013: Public sector pay cap under fire

THE Chancellor was accused of forcing families into another year of “severely squeezed incomes” with a further cap on public sector pay. George Osborne said wage rises would be limited to an average of up to 1 per cent in 2015-16.

TUC general secretary Frances O’Grady said: “The Chancellor is either oblivious to the tough time that millions of public sector workers and their families are having or he is deliberately setting out to punish them.”

In Scotland most public sector workers are employed by the Scottish Government. The changes affect UK government workers.