Almost 1.4 million public sector employees, including nurses, hospital cleaners, doctors and members of the armed forces, are to receive a 1% pay rise from next month, the Government announced today.
The Treasury said recommendations from a number of pay review bodies had been accepted.
Unison, which represents 450,000 NHS workers including nurses, paramedics, therapists and midwives, said staff face another year of financial hardship.
The union condemned the second successive 1% annual increase as a “squeeze” on pay, which officials warned would leave many health workers and their families struggling to make ends meet.
