'Why is it that we pick the pockets of the least well paid?'

Unite has lambasted reports that the government is mulling over a public sector pay freeze in chancellor Rishi Sunak’s upcoming spending review on Wednesday (November 25).

Listen to Unite assistant general secretary Gail Cartmail in the clips below, where she tears to shreds arguments being made in favor of squeezing public sector pay for workers who have risked their lives amid the pandemic, with hundreds having paid the ultimate price to help others.

Clips edited by Martin Scanlon