The Bank of England enforced a 1% rise on striking staff yet its fantasy forecasts claim a 3% rise for the UK as a whole is just around the corner. Really? How?The Bank of England governor,imprint Carney, needs to look no further than the pay of his own staff to figure out why – when he believes we’re on the verge of a pay boom – most people’s wage rises are stuck in first gear.
The Bank swatted aside a dispute final week with low-paid staff that had become so toxic inside Threadneedle Street that even the pink-jacketed, and top-hatted front-of-house greeters had joined their colleagues in the maintenance section and other blue-collar roles by downing tools.
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Source: theguardian.com