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Commenting on the Policy Exchange report published yesterday (Monday) comparing pay in the public and private sectors, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:

'This is just another attempt by a right wing think tank to stir up divisions between workers in the private and public sectors.

'The truth is that both are having a terrible time. Public sector workers are facing a pay freeze, job losses and have already seen the value of their pensions cut by 25 per cent.

'In the private sector pay freezes are still common, and public spending cuts are doing just as much damage as they are in the public sector.

'The government's policies of deep, rapid cuts are doing grave damage to the whole economy, and ordinary workers in every kind of job are suffering the longest decline in living standards for decades.

'Just one glance at the new super-rich list shows that the real division is between the super-rich and the rest of us.'

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