The recent Budget confirmed the government's intention to award a one per cent a year pay increase to public sector workers for four years beginning in 2016/17.
However, in a letter to the chairs of the public sector pay review bodies, including to Dame Patricia Hodgson, chair of the School Teachers' Review Body (STRB), the chief secretary to the Treasury, Greg Hands, has suggested that not every worker should get the rise.
He wrote: "The government expects pay awards to be applied in a targeted manner to support the delivery of public services, and to address recruitment and retention pressures.
"This may mean that some workers could receive more than one per cent, while others could receive less; there should not be an expectation that every worker will receive a one per cent award."
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