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Radio 4,12 Sep 2017,45 mins

Police and prison officers get a pay rise

The World Tonight

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Why lifting the 1% cap on pay for public sectors workers is still a cut, what the government's decision to lift the pay cap tells us, how Sir Peter Hall was a man who liked a good argument, the implications of the Philippine parliament slashing the budget for a commission investigating the president's war on drugs, and how President Macron is pushing through his labour reforms. (Picture: Police officers in Whitehall Credit: Reuters).

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