evidence: On 28 June, Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party tried to give five million firefighters, nurses, teachers, police officers and other public sector workers a much-needed pay rise. The party tabled an amendment to the Queen’s speech which, had it passed, would have scrapped the public sector pay cap. But Conservative and Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politicians teamed up to vote it down. And they even cheered as the results of the vote were read out: [...] This evening, the DUP have stood alongside their Tory paymasters cheering at the fact that they have withheld more pay for our police, our firefighters, our nurses and our teachers. Shame on them. [...] And when push came to shove, every single Tory and DUP MP voted against giving firefighters, teachers, nurses and police officers a pay rise. If an election comes as soon as some think, that may be a decision they live to regret.