The gap between pay rises for UK workers in the public sector and their peers in the private sphere has widened in recent months, new figures suggest.
Average settlements at private firms increased by 0.4% to 2.9% in the second quarter of 2011, but remained at 0% in the public realm, the independent analyst, Incomes Data Services, reported. Its researchers found more public bodies were following local government's lead and freezing wage deals.
