Oliver Dowden says he would 'dearly love' to give nurses higher wages, but claims it would have a 'huge impact' on the public purse.
Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video playerSpeaking to Sky News, Mr Dowden said:"I would love to be able to sit here now and say to you and say to all of your viewers - and particularly say to those nurses - we will give you a 19% pay rise."This is not my money. It's not the government's money. It's your viewers' money that is being spent [and] as government ministers, we have to balance up very difficult choices.
Writing in The Sun on Sunday, Mr Sunak made no mention of nurses or ambulance drivers, who are also set to go on strike. "I think the government needs to stop all the rhetoric, the empty posturing and sowing the seeds of division and actually now needs to start finding a constructive solution so that we can get people back to work in a way where they feel valued and where they feel that there is a real future for them in those jobs," he added.to fill in the gaps caused by industrial action, specifically replacing ambulance drivers and Border Force staff.
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