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HEALTH workers pressed the Prime Minister today to end their long wait for a proper pay rise, as anger continues over the Tory government’s recommendation of a real-terms cut.
Unison staged a protest in Westminster today over the proposed 1 per cent rise, as thousands of health workers await Boris Johnson’s imminent decision on the matter.
NHS staff were due a pay rise in April, but ministers said that they would await the recommendations of the NHS Pay Review Body, which is expected to deliver its report within days.
Roger McKenzie talks to general secretary of Unison CHRISTINA McANEA about the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on members, the local government funding emergency and the threat of Reform UK
Government urged ‘to tackle the root causes’ of the NHS crisis and improve ‘social care services’