Chancellor’s own staff in pay rise plea

CHANCELLOR Philip Hammond has been bombarded with 5,000 emails from his own staff demanding a pay rise.

Whitehall workers, including many in his Treasury, want him to lift the public sector pay cap.

The Public and Commercial Services Union has also written to the Chancellor urging him to scrap the cap.

A consultative ballot found 80% of its 75,000 members who voted were prepared to strike over pay.

Mark Serwotka, PCS General Secretary, called on Mr Hammond to “make the necessary resources available” to deliver “aboveinflation pay rises”.

FORD has made an offer to 9,000 worker guaranteeing at least a 6.5% pay rise in a two-year deal.

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