Gvt. recommend 2.8% payrise

[PR1Berske]

The sigh I've just made has knocked over a bottle two miles away.

From the BBC

Government departments have recommended a pay rise of 2.8% for millions of public sector workers including teachers, NHS staff and senior civil servants next year.

Inflation - which measures price changes over time - is predicted to average 2.6% next year by the government's official forecaster.

But union Unison said the proposed pay increase was "barely above the cost of living", while teaching unions said it would only deepen the "crisis" in recruitment and retention.

The recommendations will now be considered by independent pay review bodies.

The government said departments would have to fund 2025-26 and future pay increases from their own budgets and unlike in recent years there would be no additional money if recommended pay awards exceed what departments can afford.

It added that officials would have to consider whether additional costs could be covered through other savings or improvements in productivity.

After winning power, the new Labour government accepted a series of above-inflation pay rises for public sector workers for 2024-25, bringing an end to long-running strikes.

The government said it had inherited a "challenging" financial position and defended the decision given "deteriorating recruitment and retention across the public sector".

Link:

Government recommends 2.8% pay rise for public sector workers

Teachers, NHS staff and senior civil servants are among those covered by the proposals.

www.bbc.co.uk

However, it added that this "required difficult trade-offs"

 

[baldrick]

"Officials would have to consider whether additional costs could be covered through other savings or improvements in productivity, the government said"

What savings?

 

[May Kasahara]

Yeah, just reading about how schools will be expected to meet costs through efficiencies and savings LOL.

 

[baldrick]

I seem to remember the previous administration employed some sort of 'efficiency apparatchiks' who would go into schools and tell head teachers to stop buying Moet for team meetings.

They were quietly got rid of weren't they. Meet the new government, same as the old government.

 

[Elpenor]

Reeves wants 5% austerity savings made by departments each year already, and then further savings to fund any pay rises beyond what the government will settle for. Labour are getting former bankers to look at budgets and decide what to cut.

This is after 15+ years of austerity.

My employer is likely to have to make redundancies to cover a £7 million shortfall in the next few months. There will still be the same amount of work to do of course as we don’t suddenly lose statutory obligations or have a reduction in demand.

 

[Plumdaff]

Same thing is happening in health. We're having lots of meetings where we're encouraged to "think radically" and it all boils down to "manage year on year 10-30% increases in demand with no new money - use AI even though a/ it's quite shit and anyway b/ there's no budget to procure AI and c/ where there is it's so they can sack people".

I think these fucking chumps have been sat in opposition genuinely thinking it was just a case of "thinking radically" in spite of all that reality staring them in the face. I fucking despise them and look forward to my indicative ballot.

 

[Voley]

This'll have a knock on effect for me working for a Housing Association. I'm expecting lots of noises about "the wider sector" and "external environment" etc, despite a central government drive to build loads more housing.

 

[planetgeli]

Think radically? Yep, I can do that. But I doubt I have the required 'radical' thoughts.

No more austerity! Coz we're going to change the word!

Wankers.

 

[RevolutionSound]

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[The39thStep]

The sigh I've just made has knocked over a bottle two miles away.

From the BBC




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Are you in the public sector and a member of a trade union? If so, I'd like to know your thoughts on this matter.

 

[Pickman's model]

Brainaddict I'd welcome your opinion of this report

 

[PTK]

"Officials would have to consider whether additional costs could be covered through other savings or improvements in productivity, the government said"

What savings?

"Productivity" is a concept that can be applied to producers of commodities, but not to the providers of services.

 

[nogojones]

Same thing is happening in health. We're having lots of meetings where we're encouraged to "think radically"

Like shoot the CEO "radically"?

 

[PTK]

This video is a reminder of Rachel Reeves in her old job.

 

[The39thStep]

"Productivity" is a concept that can be applied to producers of commodities, but not to the providers of services.

Yup , if anything they are talking about unit cost reduction, bench marking and 'best value ' type stuff, and possibly conurbation-wide services . However, this has all been done before.

 

[Elpenor]

In a few years it’s likely that my salary will map to NLW which increases at a rate two or three times higher than pay awards.

Already some lower pay points are being eroded by NLW and consequently the gaps are heavily compressed.