government, has we know, from everybody we re seeing in, december vin often saying, well it is not for us to decide how much nurses will, teacher how much police officers should be, paid the independent peer review bodies, and now they are saying, well, you know not even following the recommendations and they have made, if we can t afford, them i think that definitely offers an opportunity for the labor to say, well, this is not what you are seeing a few months, ago but also a difficulty as to whether they would follow anything an independent peer review body said, if they were in, government because governments, have in the past we review bodies both labor and conservative have, and of course, during austerity years or in public sector pay was were not able to report, so i think labor know they have a challenge, share especially when you, know they agree with the government that inflation needs to be cracked down, or they say they agree with the bank of england s approach, would t
so i m not going to preempt the outcome of the government s response to peer review bodies. but when your colleagues, and we have talked about a percentage pay increase, you have always, said we have to abide by what the independent peer review bodies suggest to us. i do not believe that is what we, said i think what we always say is that i ve said in the past, that this is we look at the recommendations from the peer, review it is very important that they provide us with and is chosen by the prime minister, and you tell them what their budgets are. so what is the point? so the point is to have a process which you have expert advice, on recommendations upon pay, but the government has to make decisions in the round. what does emily thornberry think of? that the government has to make decisions. of course the government has to make decisions, what are they doing, there s only a few months ago that they said they couldn t possibly pay out any more pay review bodies, t
we really value your contribution but we are not recognising interns what we pay you. so i think as i said we are pleased that the government and the peer review bodies have listened to the fact that 1% was clearly inadequate. as i said, the present, talking to the trust leaders and the chief executives came surveyed them and they came back to us and they said somewhere between three and 1r% was the figure they were looking for. so at the bottom range of those expectations but as i said it s a lot better than 1%. expectations but as i said it s a lot better than 1%. tricky because boris johnson lot better than 1%. tricky because boris johnson when that - lot better than 1%. tricky because boris johnson when that original i borisjohnson when that original 1% offer was made said it had been made on the basis of a for ability. he added we are in pretty tough times. and that is true. i added we are in pretty tough times. and that is true. and that is true. i think there is really impor