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Hero ambulance workers are revealed today as the hardest-hit of any major public sector group by the Tories’ brutal attack on pay.

A damning study by the TUC shows paramedics have seen their annual pay cut by a staggering £6,140 since 2010 in real terms.

NHS dieticians have also suffered a similar hit, with prisons officers close behind with a brutal £5,731 cut.

Firefighters have lost £4770 and teachers £4,473 since the austerity began in 2010, the trade union chiefs found.

The figures are revealed in a damning new report by the TUC comparing pay rates with the rise in RPI inflation - seen by many experts as the real cost of living.

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A post-election poll by the TUC showed that 76% of voters want to give public sector workers a pay rise - including 68% of Conservative voters.

TUC reps will descend on Parliament today to present a petition with more than 30,000 signatures demanding an end to the cruel pay freeze.

TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady said: “It’s been seven long years of pay cuts for our public servants.

“And ministers still won’t tell us if relief is on the way.

“Recent months have shown how brave and dedicated the people in our public services are. It’s time to give all of our hardworking public servants the pay rise they’ve earned.”