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A Norfolk MP has called for a bigger rise for the lowest paid frontline workers instead of a 1pc blanket pay rise for NHS workers.
The government has been criticised for the proposal by NHS staff and health service unions as a kick in the teeth and disappointing .
George Freeman, MP for Mid Norfolk said there was no magic money tree and the chancellor was right to insist public spending discipline but the lowest paid NHS workers should receive a bigger share.
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The encouragement comes in letters from two Government ministers, which have been released this week.
They were written in response to a letter signed by both West Norfolkâs MPs - Liz Truss and James Wild - plus members for several neighbouring areas served by the Gayton Road site.
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The correspondence to the Department for Health and Social Care came after the QEH missed out on a list of 40 new hospitals, which the Government has pledged to build by 2030, last autumn.
It said: âThe Trust has significant ambitions for the future including a collaboration with the College of West Anglia for a School of Nursing and improved working with the wider community.
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Currently GDP per capita across the Haven Gateway significantly trails the broader East of England region, so this bid perfectly fits the government’s ambitious levelling up agenda.
“Freeport East will also use our location at the heart of massive new wind and nuclear generation projects to become a national centre of technical excellence.”
Bernard Jenkin, MP for Harwich and North Essex, said: “This bid is economically the most significant for the UK economy as a whole. Felixstowe-Harwich is the UK s biggest port. We serve the UK s biggest exporters, have the biggest reach into our industrial heartlands, we will generate the most levelling up, and we offer the biggest contribution to carbon reduction.