The Government is facing fresh clashes with public sector workers after the Chancellor announced a further clampdown on pay.
George Osborne said wage rises in the public sector will be 1% a year for the next four years following similar restraint in recent years.
The move will enrage unions representing workers in the health service, education, civil service and elsewhere in the sector.
Dave Penman, leader of the senior civil servants’ union FDA, said: “By restricting public sector pay rises to 1% for a further four years, the Chancellor is excluding public servants from the benefits of the economic recovery he spent so much time lauding this afternoon.
“Public servants are being asked to deliver a further £13 billion of spending cuts, yet many of them will be taking home less pay than they did in 2010. A further four years of pay restraint will do nothing to help recruit, reward and motivate the greatest asset the Government has: the people who deliver public services.
“The Chancellor said today that ’Britain deserves a pay rise and Britain is getting a pay rise’. Unless, of course, you’re a public servant.”
Budget 2015: Chancellor announces clampdown on public sector pay
