IAN LAVERY MP says an immediate focus on raising wages and reducing costs must be part of a strategy to show Labour can deliver for workers again
Over the past few years workers in local government, education, the Civil Service and the NHS have seen the value of their pay plummet as wage freezes and restraint have combined with the rise in the cost of living.
This poisonous mix has created real poverty among public servants, with reports of workers relying on benefits and foodbanks becoming common across the country.
Nurses, classroom assistants, care workers, firefighters and civil servants have all suffered.
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