Budget 2017: Greening will write to teacher pay body ‘shortly’
The education secretary will write to the body that makes recommendations on teacher pay rises “shortly”, the government has confirmed.
Following today’s budget announcement, Justine Greening is now free to write to the School Teachers Review Body about its remit for next year’s pay award.
Every year, the STRB receives a “remit letter” from the education secretary, setting out how large a pay-rise it can recommend.
The government decided earlier this year to lift the one-per-cent cap on pay rises for public sector employees that has been in place since 2011.
The Treasury now says that Greening and other members “will be able to consider appropriate pay awards depending on workforce needs and resources”.
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