Can’t get the staff
Vacancies in key public services like teaching and the health service are likely to lead to a generous pay round
BACK from their holidays and aglow with good poll ratings, ministers might have expected a respite before the conference season. Instead their tans have quickly faded as they face the hard reality of the latest crisis in the public sector. It may now be flush with cash, but people are in desperately short supply. Much of the extra money may have to be spent on raising public pay, which is likely to feed through to higher inflation.
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