i and we re focused upon. the uncles of saskia jones talking to the bbc. senior doctors in england are to be asked whether they want to take industrial action over pay. consultants are angry about a proposed 1 percent rise. ministers say they re committed to increasing salaries for nhs staff, but that pay for other public sector workers has been frozen. here s our health correspondentjim reed. it s been an extraordinary yearfor the nhs. now, after 18 months of covid, attention is turning once again to the issue of staff pay. the government has already offered most of those working in the health service in england a 1% rise this year. senior doctors say they will ballot for industrial action if that figure is not at least 4%. everybody who s worked incredibly hard during the pandemic needs to be supported. when inflation is 4%, these are massive pay cuts
through yourfacade. many were king of the world is she s see through your facade. many people might be reflecting on what sarah vine is saying about being married to a high profile politician, not necessarily her own marriage in the wake of this announcement. i think michael gove talked about his wife being the perceptive one and he was the one getting on with the job, and i would expect that to continue as michael gove remains to be one of the most high profile and influential members of the cabinet. jonathan blake, thank you. senior doctors in england are to be asked whether they want to take industrial action over pay. consultants are angry about a proposed 1% rise. ministers say they re committed to increasing salaries for nhs staff, but that pay for other public sector workers has been frozen. here s our health correspondentjim reed. it s been an extraordinary yearfor the nhs. now, after 18 months of covid, attention is turning once again to the issue of staff pay.
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i am also pleased to be able to say that there will be no restrictions on in person teaching and learning in universities unless students are advised to isolate or are impacted by local outbreaks. gavin williamson who i think is still speaking in the house of commons and we will continue to monitor his statement. let s speak to general secretary of the national education union shortly for his perspective. but as we heard, there have also been significant developments announced for the wider public with the news that from next month, people in england who ve had two jabs of a covid vaccine, won t need to isolate if they come into contact with someone who tests positive. here s our health correspondentjim reed. over 7 million people in england have had a call or notification like this, telling them to self isolate after being in contact with someone who tests positive for covid. speaking in the house of commons, the health secretary said
from the staff isolation that 500,000 odd people are having to do, but quickly realised that it would look terrible, would look as if it was one rule for the politicians and another rule for the rest of us, and so made a screeching u turn. on that shift. here s kier starmer again. borisjohnson and rishi sunak only went into isolation because they were busted. we ve seen once again their instincts on show. 0ne rule for them, another rule for the rest of us. borisjohnson has urged caution but that s up to the individual now, not the government. and even he s admitted cases will keep rising. we ve got to remember that this virus is sadly still out there. cases are rising. we can see the extreme contagiousness of the delta variant. and there s another thing worrying scientists besides the rising cases. here s our health correspondentjim reed. by allowing people to get infected