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Government recommends 2.8% pay rise for public sector workers

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79% Informative

Government departments recommend 2.8% pay rise for millions of public sector workers.

Inflation is predicted to average 2.6% next year by the government's official forecaster.

But Unison said the figure was "barely above the cost of living" Teaching unions said it would only deepen the "crisis" in recruitment and retention.

VR Score

90

Informative language

95

Neutral language

84

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

60

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not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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not detected

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short-lived

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