Sunak risks public ‘uproar’ with tax cuts before election, TUC leader warns

Paul Nowak says prime minister faces general condemnation if he does not prioritise resolving public sector disputes

Rishi Sunak will provoke a public uproar should he prioritise pre-election tax cuts over better pay for nurses, ambulance workers and teachers, Britain’s most senior union figure has warned.

With the prime minister already under pressure from Tory MPs to sanction tax cuts in the spring budget, Paul Nowak, the general secretary of the TUC, warned that the public would condemn any such move while a series of public sector pay disputes remained unresolved.