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FCA set to lift salary freeze as staff push back over pay cuts

UK regulator's workers are under stress from Brexit, management changes

The FCA had said in its annual report for the year to March 2021, published in July, that its senior management and board had decided in February not to increase staff salaries for the current year
The FCA had said in its annual report for the year to March 2021, published in July, that its senior management and board had decided in February not to increase staff salaries for the current year Photo: Alamy

The UK's Financial Conduct Authority is planning to end restrictions on pay rises for its roughly 4,200 employees next year, according to a memo from the watchdog's bosses to staff.

The note, posted to the regulator's intranet and seen by Financial News, said that the FCA's 10-person executive committee did "not anticipate we will continue with a general base pay freeze in the next annual pay review for April 2022".

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