During a statement to the House of Commons the Government has confirmed that they have accepted the pay review bodies’ recommendations across the public sector.
The Member of Parliament for Winchester and Chandler's Ford, Steve Brine, was in the House to hear the news and welcomed it as an MP and as Chair of the Health and Social Care Select Committee.
As Chair, Steve sought clarity asking : "Does he agree that the NHS settlement has to be seen alongside the Budget announcement on pensions, as well as the NHS long-term workforce plan?"
Continuing to ask : "Will he undertake to work with all pay review bodies going forward to get us to a more ordered place, where the mandate is given in the autumn and the response is heard in the spring Budget?"
The Chief Secretary to the Treasury, John Glen MP, responded : "He is absolutely right on the pension changes that we announced in the Budget, which the British Medical Association had been for a long time asking for, and it welcomed them. For clarity, I should make it clear that health and care workers remain exempt from the immigration health surcharge. He speaks a lot of wisdom about potential refinements to the timetable, and we will look at those carefully."
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