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Many frontline staff who were applauded on doorsteps across the land are now on the breadline.

 

Thousands of key workers who kept the country going during the ­ pandemic now face having to live in poverty because of the cost of living crisis.

 

Many frontline staff who were applauded on doorsteps across the land are now on the breadline, according to a study by the GMB.

 

The union said a proposed 2% pay rise for carers, refuse collectors and school staff is far below the inflation rate and is not enough to cover huge hikes in the price of food, energy and fuel.

 

Tens of thousands have fallen below £19,000 a year, bringing them into the ­official poverty bracket.

 

The Sunday Mail spoke to a school cleaning ­supervisor who tells us she is barely ­surviving on earnings of around £15,000 a year.

 

And a refuse ­collector tells us he struggles to heat his home and feed his four children on his £18,000 salary.

 

“Key workers are already feeling the pain and with the prospect of further increases to already eye-watering energy costs when we head into the cold winter months, more and more workers will go from the frontline to below the breadline.

 

“That’s an appalling prospect and one GMB won’t leave unchallenged.”

 

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/key-workers-who-kept-country-26841436

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