State workers better off than private sector workers

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Public sector workers earn £136 a week more in pay and pensions than their private sector counterparts, Office for National Statistics data proves.

The government body's latest Economic & Labour Market Review analysed the total rewards - pay plus pension contributions - of state and private sector workers. It said employers' pension contrib...

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