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Pay Fair campaign

We all want to see fair pay for the nurses, teachers and others who work hard to deliver good public services.

But on top of pay freezes, the government now wants to change the way pay is set in the public sector.

Instead of a fair, transparent national system, they want local or regional pay that would mean different rates for people doing exactly the same jobs, just because of where they live.

• The arguments against regional pay

• What can you do about the proposals?

• Write to your MP and local papers

• Council Pay Fair Hall of Fame

• Parliamentary Pay Fair Hall of Fame

• Campaign resources

We'll be updating these pages as the campaign progresses, so subscribe to us by RSS, email or Twitter and check back for more as it is added.

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The most recent documents available on this subject are:

In his 2011 Autumn Statement George Osborne made the case for introducing 'market-facing' pay into the public sector. Breaking up fair, transparent national pay arrangements would result in local or regional pay. This would mean different rates for p...

Since the Government announced its intention to consider regional and localised public sector pay arrangements, there has been extensive coverage of its implications

Government plans for postcode pay in the public sector are unfair and would be bad for NHS patients and schoolchildren in poorer areas, according to polling published by the TUC today (Tuesday).

As the debate over regional and local pay has developed there has been more and more evidence and arguments as to why the government should not proceed with the idea. Here is our new two page summary to download and share with campaigners, activists ...

Every day we will be listing MPs from each region who have spoken out against regional pay. If your MP is opposed to regional pay and is not on this list then please email nfoster@tuc.org.uk and we will ensure they are added to the Hall of Fame.

Commenting on research on public sector pay and pensions published today (Tuesday) by Policy Exchange, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said: "This is fantasy politics based on flawed research and wholly driven by ideology.

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