New figures have revealed that the public sector is a 'recession-free zone' as pay and employment is not being affected by the downturn.
This is in contrast to the private sector, where job losses and widespread pay freezes are continuing, statistics from the Office for National Statistics reveal.
Commenting on the figures, John Philpott, chief economist at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, said the government is right not to cut public sector jobs.
However, there does need to be increased control with regards to public sector pay.
Dr Philpott said that although in the future there may "be a need to trim the public sector workforce", it would be a "false economy for government to make public sector staff redundant and then have to pay them welfare benefits".
The Monster Employment index recently revealed that recruitment activity in the education, training and library sectors is increasing.
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