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At Summer Budget the government reiterated the need to continue to take tough decisions on public sector pay, in order to improve the public finances while protecting the quality of public services and jobs.<\/p>
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Therefore the government announced that it will fund public sector workforces for an average pay award of 1% for 4 years from 2016-17 onwards. This will save approximately £5 billion by 2019-20.<\/p>
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HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) does not produce forecasts for future VAT payable on the Severn Bridge Tolls. Even if HMRC was to do so, the information would be based upon previous VAT receipts and so the statutory duty of taxpayer confidentiality would prevent it from being disclosed.<\/p>
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The Treasury considered OBR\u2019s forecasts of inflation and public sector workforce size before announcing the policy of a one per cent cap on public sector pay increases in the Summer Budget 2015.<\/p>
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