to lift the 1% cap on pay increases for public sector workers. speaking to the bbc this morning, mr gove said ministers would fully take on board the integrity of the pay review process . some backbench tory mps have argued austerity lost the party seats at last month s general election. pay rises for five million public sector workers have effectively been capped at 1% since 2013, before which there was a two year freeze on pay for all but the lowest paid workers. our political correspondent emma vardy has been following developments. it is important to remind people that that cap since 2013 was all part of these austerity measures, this drive to get down the deficit. at now, we re hearing that public pay review bodies are expected to recommend pay rises soon. michael gove has made it pretty clear that if the recommendations are for pay rises, that he believes the government should accept this, saying the government should respect the integrity of that process. but michael
recommend a rise, then the government should accept it. i think we should listen to the pay review bodies who govern each individual area of public sector pay. public sector workers have effectively had ai% sector workers have effectively had a 1% cap on pay rises since 2013 and a 1% cap on pay rises since 2013 and a two year pay freeze before that. there are eight independent bodies which make recommendations to the government about the pay of public sector workers including teachers, police and nhs staff. but the government is not bound by these recommendations are. it is up to the prime minister and the various secretaries of state to decide how to respond to their advice. there has been scepticism over weather the pay review bodies are truly independent. they work under the overall strategy set by the government? they take account of that, but they also take account of other questions as well, including the numberof other questions as well, including the number of people
michael gove, has suggested the government could support a lifting of the 1% pay cap for public sector workers as calls grow for ministers to ease austerity measures. he told the bbc‘s andrew marr show the government should respect the integrity of the independent bodies that review pay for groups including nurses, teachers and the police. our political correspondent emma vardy reports. complaining about seven years of austerity, not one day more was the slogan for protesters yesterday. the plan to drive down the deficit has meant year after year of pay freezes and caps for some five million public sector workers. but that could be about to change. the environment secretary, michael gove, said that if independent pay review bodies recommend a rise, then the government should accept it. i think we should listen to the pay review bodies who govern each individual area of public sector pay. public sector workers have effectively had a 1% cap on pay rises since 2013 and a t
welcome to bbc news. pressure is growing on theresa may and the chancellor, philip hammond, to lift the one percent cap on pay increases for public sector workers. in a newspaper article today, the environment secretary michael gove suggests ministers should heed the recommendations of the pay review bodies that are currently examining the issue. some backbench tory mps have argued austerity lost the party seats at last month s general election. with me is our political correspondent, emma va rdy. is emma, what else has michael gove been saying? there has been this series of hints that the government could ease up on the cap to public sector pay. michael gove is the latest of those. both had said that the government need to listen to the public sector pay review bodies when they make recommendations, saying that he accepted that when they made recommendations on teachers paid. he said his colleagues would want to respect the integrity of that process. what might happen next?