John McDonnell MP, Labour’s Shadow Chancellor, speaking after his Urgent Question in the House today on the mixed messages coming from the government on public sector pay, said:

“Millions of public sector workers will have been left disappointed today after the Chancellor refused to make a statement to Parliament to clarify Government policy.

“Our dedicated public sector workers have suffered enough and deserve more than the empty words being offered to them by this weak and unstable cabinet of chaos.

“Today neither the Prime Minister, the Chancellor nor the Chief Secretary to the Treasury was able to tell us when a decision will be made about the future of the pay cap.

“The Chancellor should now formally inform the Pay Review Bodies that they are free to do what is right by the public servants and the services we depend upon by making a fair pay award. If they won’t the Tories should stand aside for a Labour Government will give our public sector workers the pay rise they deserve and end austerity in the national interest.”

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