PUBLIC sector pay increases will be limited to 1 per cent in 2015-16, Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has revealed. And from 2017 public sector workers will have their national insurance (NI) contributions increased to match the rest of the working population, in return for increased state pension returns. In the latest budget, Mr Osborne also announced support for research and development, income tax changes and a further two years of fuel duty freezes, with the planned September increase in fuel duty scrapped.
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