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Originally Posted by Tim Deegan
But nobody in the public sector are getting increases, and haven't done for 3 years.
In real terms public sector employees are in general paid less than the private sector. So for example a teacher or doctor in Yorkshire would still be paid more in the private sector. And in London they would be paid far more in the private sector.
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Doctors are not the biggest group of public sector employees. It is absurd to use them as a general example.
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According to the Institute for Fiscal Studies, public sector workers nationally earn around 8% more than staff in the private sector.
But there are huge variations, with workers paid on average 18% more in Wales and 13% more in Scotland.
In England, Yorkshire and Humber and the East have the biggest premiums of 13% with the North East not far behind on almost 12%.
In fact, according to the figures, only male public sector workers in the South East are paid less than their private sector equivalents.
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