Deary me Blocka, I did forget indeed (knew it was worse than that when I last did the calculations!). To redo:
Jul 02, salary reduced by CPI 6%, increased by rise 2.5%, result negative 3.5%
Jan 03, salary reduced by CPI 1.5%, increased by rise 1.5%, result negative 3.5%
Jul 03, salary reduced by CPI 1.5%, increased by rise 2.0%, result negative 3.0%:
We're still way behind even after two years!
<edit: apologies if offence taken from previous post, I have found out an ASA negotiator is now off the negotiating team on stress leave>