Britain. Labor accuses Johnson of ‘shutting the door’ on healthcare providers

UK Labor Party leader Keir Starmer said Prime Minister Boris Johnson applauded health care providers (NHS) during the Corona pandemic, “then shut the door on them.”

The statements came after ministers angered unions and opposition MPs after revealing that they were only proposing a 1% pay hike for healthcare workers, although industry leaders of health expected the increase to be 2.1%.

In a speech to the House of Commons, Starmer accused Johnson of “breaking his promises”, warning that healthcare workers face a real problem because of inflation.

Since 2010, he explained, the starting salary for nurses, physiotherapists, radiographers and many healthcare workers has fallen by £ 841 per year.

“When I clapped for the caregivers I thought so… as he (Johnson) was clapping for the caregivers and then shut the door in their faces at the first opportunity,” Starmer said.

Referring to the salary increase for Chief Adviser to the Prime Minister Dominic Cummings last year before stepping down from his post, he said: “A 1% increase versus a 1.7% increase in inflation is a real cut, and if The Prime Minister doesn’t understand that, we’re already in trouble, “adding,” They can afford to raise Dominic Cummings’ salary by 40 percent, and they cannot afford the reward of health service providers ”.

Source: “The independent”

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