The Daily Telegraph

Public sector rewards

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SIR – It is clearly some time since Gordon Black (Letters, September 15) worked in the public sector.

The part of the Civil Service that I have worked in for 30 years hasn’t had automatic increments for at least 25 of them.

In respect of an annual 1 per cent pay rise, I accept that my gross pay might have gone up – but, with the Government’s increased pension contributi­ons and other income tax and National Insurance changes, my net pay is now£2 per month less than it was in June 2010.

I leave it to Mr Black to decide whether that amounts to mistreatme­nt or not. Richard Parkes

Sutton Coldfield

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