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| Chancellor Alistair Darling has written to pay review bodies calling on them to freeze the pay of judges, senior NHS managers and GPs for 2010/11. | |
| He is also imposing an immediate pay freeze on senior civil servants although this does not include the members of the armed forces. | He is also imposing an immediate pay freeze on senior civil servants although this does not include the members of the armed forces. |
| It is thought about 750,000 workers will be affected. | It is thought about 750,000 workers will be affected. |
| Mr Darling's move breaks the convention about avoiding big policy announcements during rival party conferences. | Mr Darling's move breaks the convention about avoiding big policy announcements during rival party conferences. |
| Shadow Chancellor George Osborne is due to deliver his keynote speech to the Conservative Party conference in Manchester on Tuesday. | Shadow Chancellor George Osborne is due to deliver his keynote speech to the Conservative Party conference in Manchester on Tuesday. |
| If it is fully implemented, the pay freeze will be the toughest public sector pay deal in 30 years. | If it is fully implemented, the pay freeze will be the toughest public sector pay deal in 30 years. |
| Mr Darling is also recommending a three-year pay deal for senior civil servants be reopened, so they also get no increase next year. | |
| The government does not plan to reopen pay deals for lower paid public sector workers such as nurses and the police. | |
| But it will look again at the pay of prison officers, hospital doctors, and will recommend low increases for them of between zero and 1%. |