The uplift, backdated to April, applies to hundreds of thousands of workers, except for junior doctors, partnered GPs and senior managers. It is also unclear how it is structured or will be funded as yet.
The government’s last-minute scrambling capped off a hectic 24 hours after care minister Helen Whately’s statement in the House of Commons left many bewildered.
The Faversham and Mid Kent MP was widely expected to give an announcement on NHS pay, but that was not forthcoming, prompting frustration from opposition backbenchers and trade unions.
It was only until shortly before 6pm that the news came through, as the Department of Health and Social Care said it had accepted the independent NHS pay review bodies’ recommendations.
MPs Tracey Crouch and Helen Whately raise concerns about Maidstone Borough Council s Local Plan Review
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Updated: 17:13, 10 March 2021
MPs have criticised huge development schemes included in Maidstone Borough Councilâs (MBC) draft plan for the future of the borough.
In a submission to the council, Tracey Crouch, MP for Chatham and Aylesford, described a plan for 2,000 homes in the parish of Boxley and Bredhurst, known as Lidsing, as âenvironmentally damagingâ, âill conceivedâ and âcompletely unsuitableâ.
An artist s impression of how the centre of the Heathlands garden community in Lenham could look Picture: Maidstone Borough Council
Helen Whately, MP for Faversham and Mid Kent, said she had grave concerns about the 5,000 home community near Lenham Heath, known as Heathlands.
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Swale Conservatives write to Secretary of State Robert Jenrick to extend Local Plan consultation
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Updated: 11:01, 18 February 2021
Conservatives from Sheppey and Sittingbourne are demanding Swale council s Local Plan consultation is extended and have written to Secretary of State Robert Jenrick asking for a review.
Cllr Alan Horton (Hartlip, Newington and Upchurch), a former police chief and leader of Swale council s Conservative Group, said: âThis is the biggest, most important consultation the council carries out. To rush it through in the way the coalition administration is doing is simply wrong.
Leader of Swale Conservatives Cllr Alan Horton (Hartlip, Newington and Upchurch) has written to Robert Jenrick. Picture: Swale council