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UK civil servants rejected a government pay offer, raising the prospect of a further wave of strikes and ratcheting up the pressure on Rishi Sunak’s administration to boost its offer to resolve the dispute.
The Cabinet Office on Friday said government departments will be able to make average pay awards of 4.5%, with additional flexibility to raise remuneration for the lowest-paid workers by 5%.