"The Government, to be clear, is not planning a pay rise" (Image: GETTY) Appearing on Sky News Labour’s Lisa Nandy said a proposed one percent pay rise is really a cut. She commented: “The Government, to be clear, is not planning a pay rise. “That is a real-terms pay cut because it doesn't keep up with inflation, and for nurses to be offered a pay cut is just reprehensible in our view. The UK's vaccine programme is well ahead of the EU's (Image: EXPRESS ) “We think nurses deserve a pay rise this year and that should never have been something that was up for negotiation - this is a Government that has completely got its priorities wrong.”