Nurses in England, Wales and Northern Ireland to refuse to work from 8am until 8pm in first of two planned walkouts over pay dispute
Speaking on Sky News, health minister Maria Caulfied how said that borrowing could not be used for spending on a larger pay award for nurses due to the failures of Liz Truss’ mini budget.
She said: We could’ve ignored the pay review bodies recommendation and gone for a much lower pay rise – we could go higher, but we have got to find that money from somewhere. This isn’t Government money, it’s taxpayers’ money.”
