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Get serious on pay in 2025, TUC chief tells ministers

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TUC general secretary Paul Nowak wants to see Labour 's promise of change turned into 'delivery' in 2025 .

He says: "Families want to feel better off and see material improvements in their day-to-day lives" Some of his unions are raising the prospect of renewed strike action unless the government is willing to stump up more cash.

Ministers have recommended rises of 2.8% just above the current inflation rate.

Ministers insist that a move to green power will attract more investment, support new skilled jobs, and "re-industrialise" parts of the UK . Paul Nowak has worked for the TUC for almost a quarter of a century , and was its deputy general secretary from 2016 to the start of 2023 . He told me there has been - perhaps unsurprisingly much greater engagement from this Labour government than its predecessors. The TUC will hope to influence ministers, but it's clear they won't always see eye-to-eye..