Original sentence: By autumn 2017 public sector pay had fallen behind private sector pay for comparable work
Edited sentence: And why.Because our pay has been cut.Cecilia Anim of the Royal College of Nursing said, “For far too long our hard work, our skill, our dedication has been taken for granted by this government … for too long the lives of our friends and colleagues have been blighted.” By autumn 2017 public sector pay had fallen behind private sector pay for comparable work