NO - ED HOLMES, research fellow, economics unit, Policy Exchange
It is paramount that children's services are properly funded. This is vital for the protection of vulnerable children. The problem is not that pay is too low but that there are too few staff. The number of child protection referrals has ballooned without an increase in the number of social workers.
However, I don't believe that there should be a national pay freeze at all. It would be more equitable to freeze the paybill. Then we could reduce spending while reducing or increasing pay and staffing levels according to need, which would be more efficient.
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