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Press Association 2021
Nurses and NHS workers from the campaign group NHS Workers Say No, and Unite’s Guys and St Thomas Hospital Union branch, hold a socially distanced protest outside Downing Street (
A 3% pay rise for NHS staff in England is recognition “for their pandemic contribution during an unprecedented year” the Government has said, but the uplift has proved controversial.
Health Secretary Sajid Javid said the pay rise was despite a wider public sector pay pause, but Labour and unions have been quick to condemn the move.
Here, the PA news agency answers some key questions around the offer: