but the only groups to benefit at this stage will be police and prison officers in england and wales. some union leaders have responded angrily by demanding a pay rise for all public sector workers. prison officers in england and wales have been awarded a rise of 1.7%, while police pay will go up by 1%, along with a bonus of 1%. the police federation says the offer is completely inadequate. downing street says ministers will show a more flexible approach to next yea r‘s settlement across the public sector, as our deputy political editor john pienaar reports. would you fancy theirjob? today routine duty at the tuc, but trouble‘s always round the corner. now it s come closer. police get a rise to attract new recruits, so do prison officers, and other workers will too 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 necess
yet, today it seems there was. baby steps for some sectors were announced, the rest, we re told, will follow. so, is this the beginning of the end of austerity? prison staff will see their average salary go up. with today s 1.2% rise, they can expect to take home an additional £706. police officers receive on average £41,500. today, they were told they would get a 1% pay rise, and a 1% bonus, meaning they could take home an additional £830 a year. now, if we look at this graph from the ons, we can see that public sector pay a decade ago largely matched private pay that is, until just after the financial crash of 2008, when we saw a dramatic drop in private sector pay. since then, private sector pay has remained lower and more turbulent than the public sector, although it has been narrowing in recent months. so, is this a change of heart, a change of tactic, or was it always the plan? we ll debate in a moment. first, to nick watt at the tuc in brighton. it s been a relent
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from our studios in new york, this is charlie rose. on february 21, 2012, pussy riot, a baklava art group staged an anti-putin protests in the cathedral in moscow. two members of the group or arrested and sentenced to two years in a russian penal colony. they were charged with hooliganism and inciting hatred. their trial capture the world attention and change the way much of the world views russia. the two women were released in december. they became political activist. joining me are the women behind the masks, nadezhda tolokonnikova and masha alyokhina. also, masha gessen, a journalist and author whose book, words will break cement, tells their story and their impact. i am pleased to have them here on this broadcast. let me begin. tell me what impact you think these two, by their protests, by their imprisonment, by the release have achieved in russia. that is a difficult question. what impact they have achieved. the option of achieving something through protest in
from our studios in new york, this is charlie rose. on february 21, 2012, pussy riot, a baklava art group , staged an anti-putin protests in the cathedral in moscow. two members of the group were arrested and sentenced to two years in a russian penal colony. they were charged with hooliganism and inciting religious hatred. their trial captured the world attention and changed the way much of the world views russia. the two women were released in december. they became political activist. joining me are the women behind the masks, nadezhda tolokonnikova and masha alyokhina. also, masha gessen, a journalist and author whose book, words will break cement, tells their story and their impact. i am pleased to have them here on this broadcast. let me begin. tell me what impact you think these two, by their protests, by their imprisonment, by the release have achieved in russia. that is a difficult question. what impact they have achieved. in russia. the option of achieving