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public sector pay and public sector pay. For example, as a taxpayer, I do not want to have to fork out £60,000 a year for a Pelvic Floor Coordinator, or similar. But I would like the nurses at my local A&e to be able to afford decent living accommodation. so what I can’t understand is why the 1 per cent pay rise cap for public sector workers has to be across the board? Why can’t it be lifted for frontline staff only — and the money end up where the public really wants it, ie, in the pockets of those who most deserve it? Or am I being hopelessly naive?