Get all your news in one place.
100's of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Dan Bloom

Why Rishi Sunak's claim a pay rise for every striker will cost you £1,000 is untrue

NHS staff, nurses, paramedics, Border Force, DWP workers and more are all going on strike in pay disputes with the government.

The UK has 5.7million public sector workers, and they are all being offered a pay rise well below inflation - currently running at 11.1%.

A first-in-a-century nurses' strike is going ahead this Thursday after their union and Health Secretary Steve Barclay finished last-minute talks without agreement, as he wouldn’t reopen pay.

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100's of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.