When it comes to public sector pay, caveat emptor

When it comes to public sector pay, caveat emptor Since the general election, there has been a chorus of calls for the cap on public sector pay to be lifted, including voices from within the Cabinet. But so far, the Chancellor has been singing from a different hymn sheet. It’s not hard to see why – the NHS pay bill is more than £50 billion each year (by far the largest item in the Department of Health’s £117 billion revenue budget), and holding down the pay of public sector staff is one of the few levers a government can pull to control public sector finances. The King's Fund