Rishi Sunak has said pay increases for public sector workers will be partly funded by raising the fees migrants pay to access the NHS and make visa applications.
banned from taking strike actionWhen asked how it will be funded, the prime minister said: ‘What we have done are two things to find this money.
‘And indeed, something called the immigration health surcharge, which is the levy that they pay to access the NHS.At the Downing Street press conference, Mr Sunak said today’s offer was ‘final’, adding: ‘There will be no more talks on pay.supports HTML5 video ‘We will not negotiate again on this year’s settlements and no amount of strikes will change our decision.’
The PM called on the British Medical Association to help ‘make the NHS strong again’ by calling off the strikes.
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