Get UK politics insight with our free daily email briefing straight to your inbox Invalid Email Something went wrong, please try again later. From the police to teachers to NHS staff, they all helped guide the country through one of the most challenging periods in its history. Even the 3% pay offer to NHS workers will prove a real-terms pay cut if, as forecast, ­inflation rises to 3.7% by the end of the year. To rub salt in the wound, Downing Street admitted today there was no extra money for the wage increase and that it will have to come from existing NHS budgets. Instead of recognising the sterling work they have done over the past 18 months, he has treated them with typical Tory disdain.

Source: Daily Mirror July 22, 2021 21:33 UTC