Bankers’ pay rises three times as fast as nurses’ since 2008 crash, TUC finds

Government lifted cap on bankers’ bonuses in September, allowing them to ‘help themselves’ to unlimited payouts, TUC said

Bankers’ pay has risen more than three times as fast as nurses’ pay since the 2008 financial crisis, according to an analysis by the TUC, which said low paid nurses are being forced to rely on handouts from food banks.

The unions’ umbrella body said pay and bonuses for those working in the finance and the insurance sector had risen by an average of 6% a year in nominal terms – without taking inflation into account – since 2008 compared with a rise of less than 2% a year for nurses, midwives, and paramedics.

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