Thread by @paulwaugh

U-turn on a U-turn.
Govt press release confirms 3% pay rise for NHS staff.

.@sajidjavid “We asked the independent pay review bodies for their recommendations and I’m pleased to accept them in full, with a 3% pay rise for all staff in scope, from doctors and nurses to paramedics and porters...

"NHS staff are rightly receiving a pay rise this year despite the wider public sector pay pause, in recognition of their extraordinary efforts.."

I suspect the Speaker will NOT be pleased that @Helen_Whately failed to make this announcement to the Commons in her oral statement earlier, or a written statement now.
Govt by press release..

"The reports will be laid before Parliament at 9:30am tomorrow morning (22 July)."

Meanwhile, the Home Office slips out a real terms pay cut for police officers.

questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statem…

And most cops will get a pay freeze.
Priti Patel says it's part of a "pause to headline pay rises for the majority of public sector workforces in 2021-22...This is in order to ensure fairness between public and private sector wage growth.."