NHS staff and teachers could receive pay rise as MPs vote on public sector pay cap

NHS staff and teachers could receive pay rise as MPs vote on public sector pay cap A cap on public sector pay that has frozen salaries below inflation for seven years could be lifted as MPs vote on the policy during the Queen’s Speech debate.

Parliament will vote on whether to end the austerity policy, introduced in 2010 by George Osborne, on Wednesday following a debate about health, security and social care.

The amendment to the Queen’s Speech, tabled by Labour's front bench, calls for a "fair pay rise" for emergency and public sector workers including teachers, doctors and police officers. The Independent

See also:

• Queen's Speech: Labour to force vote on public pay cap BBC News
• UK support is rising for higher taxes to fund NHS, schools and police The Guardian
• NHS nurses protest outside Health Department over low pay: ‘Without nurses, the NHS will fall’ The Independent