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HUNDREDS of workers at a healthcare watchdog have voted to strike against their 10th pay cut in a row.
Around 200 members of the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS), employed by the Parliamentary Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) in Manchester and London have voted to strike against an imposed 2 per cent rise.
The Star understands that this is the 10th beneath-inflation pay rise for staff, who make the final decisions on complaints that are not fully resolved by NHS bodies.
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