A department of health source told HuffPost UK:"The government’s position on pay is unchanged - the country cannot afford to meet the unions’ inflation-busting demands.".
A department of health source told HuffPost UK:"The government’s position on pay is unchanged - the country cannot afford to meet the unions’ inflation-busting demands."you waste money on useless track and trace so yes you can afford pay rises
....'and also give massive benefits to bankers...' ?
Helen_Whately, there’s no point in his door being open if he refuses to negotiate, is there?
If they can afford a 10% increase for 12.5 million pensioners then they can afford more than 4.75% for a much smaller number of NHS nurses.
That’s a lie . Yes we can afford it.
KevinASchofield They aren’t inflation busting. But the offer is inflation ignoring. All unions are keen to negotiate. Militant, ideological, worker-hating govt, owned by dark money. They want nhs to collapse.
KevinASchofield Still paying off Labour bankrupting the country
KevinASchofield Everyone’s forgotten that a demand is the start of negotiations, settlements are always lower than the demand
The government have found out refusing to discuss works, no matter if its lockdown party's, PPE fast track or NHS funding. Time passing lessens the pressure on them and things slide. It won't work with this one hopefully
The system has to change from the top down, no more dubious expenses for MPs, no more subsidised food and booze in Westminster, get rid of the very expensive cars at government disposal, no more non dom status and stop the tax avoiding billions being shifted offshore kerching
They could afford the £30+ billion in dodgy Covid contracts for their Tory mates.