Anger as hard-working NHS staff get 1% pay rise
There's been an angry reaction locally to the announcement from the government that hard-working NHS staff will only get a 1% pay rise this year.
Reacting Leicestershire Lib Dem Councillor Micha el Mullaney said "Our NHS staff have gone above and beyond during this Covid-19 pandemic. For the government to offer them a 1% pay rise, which with inflation is effectively a pay cut in real terms is abysmal.
"The 1% pay rise offered by the government represents just £3.50 a week extra for an experienced nurse, so to say the money is not available is simply not true when we have seen the figures spent on unusable PPE and on a flawed Track and Trace system."