Yeah, anecdotally a lot of teachers I know voted to reject the pay offer not because it was paltry but because it was unfunded. That Keegan talked about reducing workload in the same breath was laugh… (View Post)

Exactly this. And even if inflation does drop quickly, the wage rises will still only make wages ‘catch up’ with price increases already baked in. The alternative (resisting below inflation pay settl… (View Post)

As a teacher I agree that the nurses settlement sets a reasonable compromise balancing wage demands with the need to control inflation. Not sure why Keegan didn’t offer it to teachers tbh. In fact I … (View Post)

Well said. A saying involving pots and kettles came to mind when I read CR's post, but then I realised that (a) I'm probably pretty much the same colour as both the pot and the kettle mysel… (View Post)

Thanks - often claims are made about the impact of taxation on people’s movements, but it is useful to have some data to see the impact in practice. (View Post)