Will MPs’ pay rise outstrip public sector workers’?

Parliamentary pay watchdog requests power to ‘vary the award below or above’ public sector pay

An NHS nurse
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MPs could be handed pay rises above those of public sector workers under new powers suggested by the Westminster watchdog.

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