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The actors do not deserve a 30 per cent pay rise, a minister said on Tuesday when he warned of a spiral of inflation “a dog chasing its tail” if large wage increases are agreed.
Asked on LBC radio if doctors deserve an additional 30 percent pay, Chris Philip, the minister of technology and the digital economy, said: “No.
“Obviously we support our doctors, but the 30 percent salary increase is huge.”
Doctors are pushing for a five-year pay rise to make up for what they say has been a pay cut.
But warning that the big pay rise would “lead to higher prices”, Mr Philip added: “In the case of the NHS, we will have to invest taxes to finance it, and the excess money will simply raise prices even more. .
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“If we have these comprehensive wage increases that some people are calling for, it will just make the current inflation challenges, which I hope and expect to be temporary, it will make them worse, it will lead to even higher inflation and it will make inflation constant. , as we saw in the 1970s, when wages chased inflation.
“He’s become round, like a dog chasing his tail, so I don’t think that’s the right answer to the inflationary challenges we’re facing, and which applies to the whole economy.
He added: “What we are doing is investing money this year to help people, especially those on lower incomes, cope with the challenges of inflation, £ 400 for fuel, £ 650 for people at Universal Credit. Council £ 150 tax rebate, reduction of fuel duty. “
However, Tori and other lawmakers are pushing for more government action to tackle the cost of living crisis, with some proposing tax cuts, including lower VAT.
Mr Philp’s comments came after doctors described how they had suffered real wage cuts of up to 30 per cent since 2008 and promised to work to restore pay.
Some medics are threatening industrial action to “move” the government on this issue.
Members of the annual meeting of the British Medical Association (BMA) in Brighton said doctors’ salaries had fallen from an RPI of 2008 to 30 per cent, representing a “career loss of millions of pounds” for each doctor.
One counselor described how she “struggled to survive” as a single parent.
The conference delegates instructed the BMA to “achieve a reimbursement of up to the 2008 value of its members over the next five years.”
“Remuneration is the right, fair and moral thing to do, but it is a significant demand and it will not be easy to win,” said Dr. Emma Runcewick, presenting the conference proposal.
“Every part of the BMA has to plan how to achieve this.
“But I’m not stupid, I know that industrial action will probably be needed to move governments on this issue.
Delegates, meanwhile, also called on ministers to address the NHS labor shortage as a matter of urgency to help the health service tackle the record waiting list.
A proposal adopted at the BMA’s annual meeting in Brighton called on governments to introduce a workforce plan and “take the money that is intended to pay the private sector to run the NHS and invest it in expanding the capacity of the NHS.” “.
Commenting on the labor movement, Dr. David Wrigley, vice chairman of the BMA, said: “Even before the pandemic, the length of time people waited for the care they needed was too long. But after the huge disruption and additional pressure exerted by Covid-19 on UK health services, waiting lists have now risen to dangerous levels.
“We have a record 6.5 million people waiting to be treated in England, as well as a significant ‘hidden backlog’ of people who still have to come to care after the worst of the pandemic or whose recommendations have been canceled.
“For both patients and doctors, these figures are deeply worrying.
Ministers are investing billions more in the NHS to address the backlog in treatment and appointments.
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