Teachers outside of the south east of England could lose out if new proposals to scrap the national pay and conditions framework go ahead.
The government wants to end what it calls regional pay discrepancies where public sector workers in regions outside the south east of England are paid more than private sector employees.
In his Budget last week (Wednesday, March 21), chancellor George Osborne announced that he is to investigate making “public sector pay more responsive to local pay rates" by scrapping the national framework so that public sector pay more closely matches the local private sector.
The move would mean that as many as six million teachers, nurses and other civil servants face reductions to their pay in the coming years.
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