Welcome to bbc news. The Public Sector pay cap a measure thats been at the heart of austerity policies for seven years is to be scrapped. The cap currently limits pay increases to just 1 . But this year, prison officers will get a rise of 1. 7 and Police Officers will get an increase of 1 plus a further 1 bonus. Millions of other workers will have to wait till next year to see if they too get a bigger rise. Trade unions have already called the pay rises for police and prison officers derisory. Would you fancy theirjob . Today, routine duty at the tuc, but trouble is always around the corner and now its come closer. Police get a rise to attract new recruits. So do prison officers and others workers will as well, above the pay cap but onlyjust. Today, the government took the latest pay recommendations and shared the news. The pay cap was finally ending, so more pay for Public Sector workers where rises were judged necessary. We need to strike a balance between being fair to Public Sector
Business report. Chinese banks are getting serious, making it harder for chinese banks are getting serious, making it harderfor money chinese banks are getting serious, making it harder for money to chinese banks are getting serious, making it harderfor money to move in or out of north korea. And it is the day apple fans have been waiting for, the big reveal of the 10th anniversary iphone. Hello and welcome to the programme. Chinese banks are being quietly but steadily restricting access to north korean businesses and citizens over and above any formal un sanctions, the banks that do regular business with north korea have stopped accepting new accounts from the country and some of reportedly refusing new deposit from existing clients. So, is itan deposit from existing clients. So, is it an effort to change the behaviour of the north korean government, or is the action aimed at the United States . Earlier, i spoke to block in shanghai. This is the latest step in a process that has been
Commissioners paskinjordan and stansbury one up here today can we do please take roll call cohen speak, here. Bridges, here. Driscoll, here. Makras. Mdm. Clerk its time for close session open up or Public Comment on our close session items. Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. At this time [gavel] thank you we will resume at in 15 min. At 2 30 pm. Excuse me. Good afternoon. We are going to take a motioncan come out of close session and make a motion not to discuss what we discussed in close chat session. Is there a motion . [inaudible] [off mic] not just us what was [inaudible] motion has been made by commissioner bridges and second by commissioner cohen we can take that without objection. Thank you. Clerkfirst i want to thank the public for allowing us a few more minutes. Your time is important and i want to recognize that. Thank you for being flexible and honoring our request. I would like to go to item number four mdm. Clerk and you call that for me . Item 4 general public on ive
Cohen speak, here. Bridges, here. Driscoll, here. Makras. Mdm. Clerk its time for close session open up or Public Comment on our close session items. Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. At this time [gavel] thank you we will resume at in 15 min. At 2 30 pm. Excuse me. Good afternoon. We are going to take a motioncan come out of close session and make a motion not to discuss what we discussed in close chat session. Is there a motion . [inaudible] [off mic] not just us what was [inaudible] motion has been made by commissioner bridges and second by commissioner cohen we can take that without objection. Thank you. Clerkfirst i want to thank the public for allowing us a few more minutes. Your time is important and i want to recognize that. Thank you for being flexible and honoring our request. I would like to go to item number four mdm. Clerk and you call that for me . Item 4 general public on ive one public card. If theres anyone us dont like to speak these, not or one or i pool not to
Cohen president of the retirement board this of the regular scheduled full board meeting. The purpose of the board [inaudible] please join me and rising raising your right hand over your heart and saying the budget of allegiance. [pleage of allegiance] thank you. Clerk any announcement . Commissioners paskinjordan and stansbury one up here today can we do please take roll call cohen speak, here. Bridges, here. Driscoll, here. Makras. Mdm. Clerk its time for close session open up or Public Comment on our close session items. Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. At this time [gavel] thank you we will resume at in 15 min. At 2 30 pm. Excuse me. Good afternoon. We are going to take a motioncan come out of close session and make a motion not to discuss what we discussed in close chat session. Is there a motion . [inaudible] [off mic] not just us what was [inaudible] motion has been made by commissioner bridges and second by commissioner cohen we can take that without objection. Thank you.