“In other words, both parties’ plans imply a real-terms squeeze on other areas of public investment.”

Source: https://www.alloaadvertiser.com/news/national/23768563.labour-plans-will-boost-investment-squeeze-money-new-schools---ifs/?ref=rss

Ms Robison said: "The Scottish Budget includes record funding of over £14 billion for councils in 2024-25 - a real-terms increase of 4.3% compared with this year's Budget - should they agree to freeze council tax.

Source: https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/24013049.scottish-budget-cosla-plans-fail-tackle-root-causes-poverty/?ref=rss

That follows more than a decade of similar real-terms pay cuts, leaving them some 12 percent worse off than they were in 2010.

Source: https://socialistworker.co.uk/news/firefighters-back-pay-strikes/

This figure still represents a real-terms salary cut, with pay for teachers on most pay grades expected to fall by 5% in real-terms in 2022-23 according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.

Source: https://leftfootforward.org/2023/05/teachers-on-strike-today-as-unions-plan-future-coordinated-action/

This figure still represents a real-terms salary cut, with pay for teachers on most pay grades expected to fall by 5% in real-terms in 2022-23 according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.

Source: https://leftfootforward.org/2023/05/teachers-on-strike-today-as-unions-plan-future-coordinated-action/

Yet the Tories refuse health workers a pay rise after years of real-terms cuts.

Source: https://socialistworker.co.uk/news/immigration-is-not-a-problem-the-billionaires-and-bosses-are/