Union members are protesting the 1% pay cap in the public sector, which according to the TUC results in “unfair real terms pay cuts.”

Police and prison officers have been promised increases above the 1% limit, but they will still be hundreds of pounds a year worse off by 2022, said the TUC.

A police officer will be paid £450 a year less in real terms despite the prospect of a 2% rise, and a prison officer £980 less even though they are set to receive 1.7%, the union said.

File Picture - Shoppers in Central London
File Picture – Shoppers in Central London / 

If firefighters were to be given a 2% increase, they will still be £515 a year worse off because pay is failing to keep pace with inflation, according to the research.

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Should ministers give other public sector employees similar increases they will still be “significantly” out of pocket, the union warned.

A TUC spokesman told City News that the government needs to recognise the loss of public sector workers pay over the last seven years, adding “enough is enough.”

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