Nurses' pay demands pose a genuine conundrum for Tories who want to stick to their economic plan while avoiding the collapse of the NHS, Andrew Marr has said
Balancing striking nurses' demands for a huge nominal pay rise with the reality of tens of thousands of NHS workers leaving the service poses a "genuine, grown-up conundrum for the Conservatives, Andrew Marr has said.Speaking on Tonight with Andrew Marr on Tuesday ahead of an exclusive interview with chancellor Jeremy Hunt, Andrew said that the nursing pay dispute "isn't something we should drop".
The nurses want a 19% pay rise, and ministers have countered that NHS salaries are decided by an independent pay review. "And today Number 10 has decided that we will be talking about new curbs on illegal migrants, particularly Albanians. Fair enough, I will talk about that later in the show. But journalists also have a duty to decide for themselves what's most important and to try not to be distracted.
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