Claim: If everyone in the public sector had a pay rise in line with inflation, it would cost an extra £28 billion.
Fact-check: Government's £28 billion public sector pay increase figure doesn't factor in money returned in tax - Full Fact
Verdict: this is the difference between the expected wage bill this year and if it was increased by 11%. there are questions about how useful a calculation this is, but regardless, the cost would be lower than £28 billion because some of this would come back via taxation on salaries.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Hannah Smith
Date published: 2022-12-13T00:00:00