COVID-19: 1% pay rise for NHS staff 'the most' the government can afford, says minister Nadine Dorries

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'It's not good enough to just clap them.' Labour leader, Sir Keir Starmer, says the proposed 1% pay rise for healthcare workers is 'insulting' and has called on them to be 'properly recognised and properly rewarded' by the government. COVID19:

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"But the 1% offer is the most we think we can afford, which we have put forward to the pay review body."'Budget hits those on lower incomes very hard' Inflation is currently at 0.9%, but other unions pointed to forecast inflation of 1.5% this year to claim a 1% pay rise for NHS staff would actually amount to a real terms pay cut.

 

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He would call a 50% pay increase as insulting!!!

Better clap than clap-trap that you get from Labour.

1% is better then the 0% what every other cnut is getting

End furlough and give it to frontline..

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