Ministers cannot allow unions to win the battle for higher pay as it would fuel a 'vicious cycle' of inflation hurting the poorest, Dominic Raab MP said
"We do need to have the kind of pay restraint in the public sector that we have been talking about... otherwise we'll just have the vicious cycle of inflation staying higher for longer.
Mr Raab said the government was taking a"firm line" with unions to try to allay the"erosion of pay packets by inflation". But it would be"totally counterproductive" for the rail industry to agree to a 7% pay increase, he said.
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