Claim: Because of inflation, pay rises for public sector workers are actually pay cuts.
Fact-check: Is the government's pay rise for public sector workers a real-terms pay cut? - Full Fact
Verdict: this is effectively correct for some workers  and incorrect for others like those in the armed forces, prison officers, and other teachers, doctors and dentists.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Abbas Panjwani
Date published: 2018-08-08T00:00:00