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Of inflation plus 5%, but the government says that is not affordable and in any case, pay should not be negotiated directly with them. and as this deadlock continues, the nhs faces worse disruption tomorrow. paramedics are holding a national strike. ambulances will still respond to calls known as category one, where there is an immediate threat to life — for instance when someone has stopped breathing — but chest pain, for instance, might be category two and what happens depends on where you are. in parliament this morning the gmb union says its members had now agreed with most trusts what...

Is not £1000, is it? the inflation and notjust one month. it is not £1000, is it?— is not £1000, is it? the question is renerall is not £1000, is it? the question is generally about _ is not £1000, is it? the question is generally about cbi. _ is not £1000, is it? the question is generally about cbi. the _ is not £1000, is it? the question is generally about cbi. the level- is not £1000, is it? the question is generally about cbi. the level of. generally about cbi. the level of inflation is currently between 10% and ii%. nurses want rpi plus 5%, which gives you 19%. you could argue w...

Operations, poorer services, even poorer than they already are, i think the blame rests squarely at the door of the government. well, the government's being honest, because the government says, "look, we have accepted the "findings of the independent pay review body. "we are going to pay what they recommend we should pay "to nurses in full. we can't go further than that, "but that's what we're prepared to do." is your position very different from that? well, labour's being honest, too, that the headline demand of the royal college of nursing, inflation plus 5%, is not a figure that we could af...

"of the independent pay review body. "we are going to pay what they recommend we should "pay to nurses in full. "we can't go further than that, but that's what we're "prepared to do." is your position very different from that? well, labour's being honest, too, that the headline demand of the royal college of nursing — inflation plus 5% — is not a figure that we could afford if we were in government today. to be clear, that would amount to something between 17% and 19% for nurses. indeed. but we would be willing to talk about pay, not least because i'm particularly concerned about those peo...

I can't be sure about. why not? we're not in government today and i can't tell you where the negotiation would conclude... you can't be a credible opposition unless you're prepared to be substantive in the way you differ from the government. sure, but on the test of credibility, i would not credibly be going into a negotiation saying, "and here's "where i would settle." who does that in a negotiation? i've tried to be as straightforward as i can from opposition that we wouldn't be settling on inflation plus 5%, because we don't think it's affordable, but we would be willing to negotiate. and i...