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Experts say 5.5% pay increase for public sector not ‘consistent’ with spending plans that rule out tax rises

In today’s newsletter: Zoe Williams recaps the worst day (yet) for the Conservative leader, and the rest of the day’s action on the campaign trail

Pay and institutional issues contribute to almost 12% of Whitehall staff changing department or leaving in year to March, report says

RISHI Sunak is failing to deliver on most of the five key pledges he made a year ago which he said his government should be judged on, a report says.

In a sea of ministerial turnover, Nick Gibb has been a rare island of stability. Among the 10 education secretaries since 2010 (and eight since 2018) Gibb was a near ever-present at the department as minister of state. It is perhaps no coincidence that schools in England have been one…

NHS, schools, courts and prisons face ‘doom loop’ on current spending plans, says Institute for Government

Institute for Government says ‘crumbling’ services are far worse than when Tories took power in 2010

Britain’s crumbling public services could deteriorate further if current spending plans are followed, the Institute for Government said.

Exclusive: IfG says sums raised ‘unlikely to be transformative’ and there is little public appetite