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<p>In line with their duties under equalities legislation, Ministers fully consider
equalities impacts and implications when setting the Government’s pay policy. It is
for Departments to consider the equalities impacts of their proposals on workforce
strategy and pay. The remit of the Pay Review Bodies continues to be to provide evidence
based advice on pay. We will consider their recommendations when they report from
Spring 2018. Our assessment of public sector pay shows that wages in the public sector
are roughly equivalent to those in the private sector, and, in addition, public sector
workers benefit from more generous pensions.</p>
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