Pay rise for 07 - 'about the rate of inflation' - I DOUBT IT!
RPI (yes RPI, not that other one Gordon Brown prefers because it is over 1% lower) is running at about 3.7% at the moment. What is the betting our pay rise is 3% or less (nurses offered 1.36% I think?) as part of the governments target to keep inflation/wage bill down - despite all the photocalls for the senior politicos in Afghanistan telling the boys what a "valued and important" job they are doing (and MPs asking for a 66% rise!!)!
Sorry - rant over!