LONDON (Reuters) – British employers are starting to offer the biggest annual pay rises since 2008, but the increases are still not keeping up with fast-rising inflation, human resources data company XpertHR said on Wednesday. Provisional figures for April — when almost half of British pay deals take effect — showed a median annual pay award of 4%, up from 3% in the first three months of 2022. “We see a notable upturn in pay settlements for this month,” XpertHR’s pay and benefits editor, Sheila Attwood, said. The Bank of England is eyeing wage deals closely ahead of its May policy meeting, w…