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Xmas Day workers suffer £3k pay cut
Ministers told to end ‘Scrooge-like’ public-sector pay cap
EMERGENCY workers giving up their Christmas holidays to keep us safe have had their pay slashed by up to £3,300 over the last five years, TUC figures published today reveal.
The stats show ministers must end their “Scrooge-like public-sector pay cap,” the TUC said.
Almost one million people will be at work in Britain on Christmas Day, according to TUC estimates.
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