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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Ashley Cowburn

Government accused of 'fiddling figures' over cost of pay rise for NHS nurses

A Tory Health Minister has been accused of "fiddling the figures" over the cost of a pay rise for struggling NHS nurses.

Maria Caulfield claimed on Thursday that just a 1% pay increase would cost the Government around £700million.

Moments later on the BBC's Radio 4 Today programme, the Tory minister, who is also a nurse, suggested the figure stood at £800million.

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