Unite's Doug Nicholls, secretary for the panel of youth work staff representatives on the committee, branded the claim as "the most important JNC pay submission for a generation".
"Ofsted has demonstrated the rising standards of youth work. Various recent government and local government reports have described its unique impact in dealing with many of the problems caused by the recent economic crisis," he said. "But employers have been content to ignore these factors and let the value of wages fall."
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