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Labour's amendment defeated in the Commons



MPs voted to reject Labour’s proposal to amend the Queen’s speech to call for an end to the public sector pay cap. Jeremy Corbyn said ministers had missed an opportunity to “put their money where their mouth is”, while Tim Farron accused DUP MPs of “cheering” while they withheld pay from public servants.
No DUP or Conservative MP voted with the Labour party to include the amendment.
In a debate on the issue before MPs voted, the health secretary Jeremy Hunt accused Labour of using the NHS as a “political football”. In a direct appeal to those Tory MPs who are uncomfortable with the prospect of a continued public sector pay freeze, his shadow Jonathan Ashworth said they had the power to hand a pay rise to public servants tonight.


The Lib Dems have now released a statement on the defeat of the amendment. The party’s leader, Tim Farron, said:



This evening, the DUP have stood alongside their Tory paymasters cheering at the fact that they have withheld more pay for our police, our firefighters, our nurses and our teachers. Shame on them.

After Theresa May’s disastrous missteps this shows nature of the government we have been left with.

This U-turn on a U-turn will stick in the throat of million of hard working public servants, many of whom recently ran towards danger, be it Manchester, Grenfell or London Bridge. These people go above and beyond and yet the government snubs them.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics...-politics-live