The few remaining labour “lefts” grouped around former party leader Jeremy Corbyn strike an outraged pose at Starmer’s pro-privatisation comments, but remain loyal advocates of his party of austerity, militarism and war.
and we recognise how tough it is for everybody. medical professionals included. we have to make sure we do this in a sustainable way. the average pay rise given to nhs staff this year was 4.75%, with the lowest paid guaranteed at least £1400. but nurses say years of below inflation pay rises have left them in a difficult position and are calling for a rise of 5% above the rpi rate of inflation, which would currently work out at 19%. labour insist it is the government s fault if the strikes go ahead but wouldn t promise a rise on that scale. i m not going to make promises i can t keep, plucking things out of thin air, but i would be prepared to negotiate if we were in government today, and i think that s the least we could expect. mr streeting has had his own run in with a health union, the bma, which accused him of attacking it in the sunday telegraph this morning. he has claimed the doctor s union treated him like a heretic for saying there should be better standards for patients. a
i m not going to make promises i can t keep, plucking things out of thin air, but i would be prepared to negotiate if we were in government today, and i think that s the least we could expect. mr streeting has had his own run in with a health union, the bma, which accused him of attacking it in the sunday telegraph this morning. he has claimed the doctor s union treated him like a heretic for saying there should be better standards for patients. all sides say they don t want the nurses walk outs to go ahead but without the government agreeing to talk about pay they will be on the picket lines come thursday. this is of course just one of many strikes this month as the country faces a significantly disrupted december. helen catt, bbc news. ben zaranko, senior research economist at the institute for fiscal studies, says the pay claim lodged by the nurses comes at a time when the nhs budget is incredibly stretched. the first thing is that if you were going to give nurses a 19% pay rise y
but nurses say years of below inflation pay rises have left them in a difficult position and are calling for a rise of 5% above the rpi rate of inflation, which would currently work out at 19%. labour insist it is the government s fault if the strikes go ahead but wouldn t promise a rise on that scale. i m not going to make promises i can t keep, plucking things out of thin air, but i would be prepared to negotiate if we were in government today, and i think that s the least we could expect. mr streeting has had his own run in with a health union, the bma, which accused him of attacking it in the sunday telegraph this morning. he has claimed the doctors union treated him like a heretic for saying there should be better standards for patients. all sides say they don t want the nurses walk outs to go ahead, but without the government agreeing to talk about pay they will be on the picket lines come thursday. this is of course just one of many strikes this month as the country faces a si