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Say we are getting rid of the pay freeze. what they need to say is we are prepared to put a significant amount of money into the public sector to fund a decent pay rise that will make catch—up for the last year. the government has talked a lot recently about higher wages. the prime minister and chancellor think it is key to rebuilding the economy and to addressing fears about the cost of living. the government also confirmed yesterday that a living wage for people over 23 will go up to £9.50 an hourfrom april. that means an extra £1000 a year for people who earn the minimum wage. but price...

Into the public sector to fund a decent pay rise that will make catch—up for the last year. the government has talked a lot recently about higher wages. the prime minister and chancellor think it is key to rebuilding the economy and to addressing fears about the cost of living. the government also confirmed yesterday that a living wage for people over 23 will go up to £9.50 an hourfrom april. that means an extra £1000 a year for people who earn the minimum wage. but prices are going up and millions are facing higher energy bills, among other pressures. taxes will also go up in a few months...

Because he says the economy is "firmly back on track". and those to benefit include teachers, nurses and police officers. here's our political correspondent nick eardley. millions of public sector workers have faced a pay freeze this year. the government had said there wasn't enough money to fund higher wages because of emergency spending during the pandemic. but now things are looking brighter. tomorrow, the chancellor will confirm that more than 5 million public sector workers are in line for a pay rise. we want to end low pay in government by the next election, by 202a or so. we also, as we...

About the cost of living. the government also confirmed yesterday that the living wage for people over 23 will go up to £9.50 an hourfrom april. that means an extra £1000 a year for people who earn the minimum wage. but prices are going up, and millions are facing higher energy bills, among other pressures. taxes will also go up in a few months' time to fund the nhs. and some have warned that these pay increases won't be quite as good as they sound when everything else is factored in. nick eardley, bbc news, westminster. we're joined now byjonathan cribb, senior research economist at the ins...

Or maintenance, are among those who will likely benefit. those aged 23 and over will see wages rise to £9.50 an hour from april, with increases for younger workers, too, welcomed by some in birmingham today. it's good news for everyone, really,especially people that work in care work and cleaning jobs and things like that. it's a shame it's not more, but it is going to help, yeah. i think it's good, to be _ honest, because with that money adding up, it's going to do a lot for a lot of people. . minimum wage has to always increase, to be honest. - but for hetty, who runs a brownie business in ...