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Angela Rayner explained that she and the Labour Party are pushing for the Government to stick by their 2018 commitment to raise NHS pay by 2.1 percent. But BBC host Charlie Stayt then addressed the 2019 Labour Party manifesto which pushed for a five percent increase - highlighting a major U-turn from the political party. Ms Rayner clashed with the BBC host as she refused to give a straight answer on how much the NHS pay rise should be with a frustrated Mr Stayt stating You gave a number then, why not now?
Editorial: The push on NHS pay paves the way politically Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer alongside NHS staff during a visit to Royal Derby Hospital, on March 4, 2021
IN a welcome foray into class politics, Sir Keir Starmer has centred Labour’s spring offensive on the NHS, as it prepares for the May contest that will see voters choosing candidates in local elections and the Scottish and Welsh Parliaments and the London Assembly.
It is a necessary move made more urgent by the success relative in comparison to other capitalist economies of Britain’s vaccination programme which has given Boris Johnson’s government an undeserved chance to prettify its calamitous record.
A FUNDRAISING campaign has raised more than £10,000 in less than 24 hours for a nurse who was fined for organising a protest over NHS pay.
Angry members of the public rallied to support Karen Reissmann, a mental health nurse and rep for public-service union Unison, after she was hit with the £10,000 penalty at the protest in St Peter’s Square, Manchester, on Sunday.
The socially distanced and risk-assessed protest was called to oppose the government’s dismal offer of a 1 per cent pay rise for NHS staff.
But Greater Manchester Police (GMP) shut the demo down, citing a ban on gatherings under Covid-19 regulations before slapping 61-year-old Ms Reissman with the eye-watering fine.
SOPHY RIDGE was determined to find out whether Gavin Williamson knew if the Conservative Party was going to make a U-turn with the suggested nurses pay rise.