How long have we spent failing to upgrade the A303 past Stonehenge?

Deal or no deal

Have public sector workers had a worse deal in recent years than private sector ones?

– Between 2007 and last year mean public sector pay declined by 0.9% in real terms, while mean private sector pay rose by 4%. However, for most of that time public sector workers were ahead of private sector ones. It was only after high inflation took hold in 2022 that public sector workers fell behind.

– Public sector workers at the lower end of the pay scale have done relatively much better. Those at the 25th income percentile have seen incomes increase by 16% in real terms since 2007. Those at the 75th percentile have seen incomes fall by 8% in real terms. Men’s mean income fell by 11% in real terms, women’s rose by 3%.

– Since 2010, nurses (-6.5%), teachers (-9.0%) and doctors (-14.7%) have seen big falls, although the Institute for Fiscal Studies points out these are simple averages: the expansion in doctor numbers means there are more junior doctors now than in 2010.