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Average UK pay rises stall at 4% – less than half the inflation rate

Annual pay growth stalled at 4% in May, leaving most workers with a rise in earnings worth less than half the 9% increase in prices.

Average UK pay rises stall at 4% – less than half the inflation rate
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Figures from XpertHR, a pay and personnel data publisher, said employer pay deals for the three months to May failed to increase on April’s median 4%, undermining concerns that workers would push for inflation-busting rises in earnings that could start a wage-price spiral.

Read more at The Guardian

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