Pay Cap on U.K. Health Workers Scrapped, Hunt Tells Lawmakers

A 1 percent cap on annual pay increases for workers in the U.K.’s state-run National Health Service has been abolished, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt told lawmakers.

The statement followed a government announcement last month that overall limits on public-sector pay in place since 2011 were being eased amid voter anger that wages are failing to keep pace with inflation, which hit 2.9 percent in August.