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Public sector pay: is 5.5% fair?
5 Live listeners have their say with Chris Warburton
The Chancellor Rachel Reeves has hinted that she may give an above inflation increase to workers in the public sector this summer.
Independent bodies have recommend an increase of 5.5% for teachers and some NHS workers.
It鈥檚 been estimated that the proposed above-inflation increase for workers could cost the government 拢3 billion.
Chris Warburton asked listeners if they think 5.5% is a fair increase.