The chancellor said it was right to accept the public sector pay review bodies’ recommendations, even if the recommendations were for above-inflation rises
Husain asks about Hunt’s point about the estimates presented to parliament last week having different spending figures. (See 8.10am.)
Reeves says the estimates presented to parliament last week were the ones from the last government. MPs needed to vote on them to give the government authority to spend money, she says. She says updated estimates will be published later this year.
Continue reading…The chancellor said it was right to accept the public sector pay review bodies’ recommendations, even if the recommendations were for above-inflation rises Husain asks about Hunt’s point about the estimates presented to parliament last week having different spending figures. (See 8.10am.)Reeves says the estimates presented to parliament last week were the ones from the last government. MPs needed to vote on them to give the government authority to spend money, she says. She says updated estimates will be published later this year. Continue reading…