THE LEADER of Harlow Labour has slammed the government over their treatment of health workers.

Councillor Chris Vince said: “Ambulance workers go on strike today, nurses have gone on strike for the first time twice in the last week, and the best a Government minister can do is warn people not to get injured. That is simply not good enough.

The UK is the sixth richest country in the world, and yet one in four hospitals have set up food banks to feed their staff. That is not good enough either.

Rishi Sunak has removed the cap on bankers bonuses. He has refused to make Non-Doms pay their fair share of tax and he raises tax for the employed, while keeping taxes low for corporations and for unearned wealth. Different choices with any of these issues would have covered the cost of an in-line with inflation pay rise for all health service workers.

It’s time Sunak’s ministers got back around the table to talk about pay. Nurses, carers, paamedics should not have to suffer a pay cut. And if the Ministers can’t do it, Sunak should do it himself.

“The NHS and its workforce has suffered from twelve years of Tory cuts. Enough is enough”.