{"id":80472,"date":"2023-07-13T21:35:45","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T19:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/uk-govt-offers-civil-servants-pay-rise-as-junior-doctors-strike"},"modified":"2023-07-14T01:05:04","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T23:05:04","slug":"uk-govt-offers-civil-servants-pay-rise-as-junior-doctors-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/uk-govt-offers-civil-servants-pay-rise-as-junior-doctors-strike","title":{"rendered":"UK Govt Offers Civil Servants Pay Rise As Junior Doctors Strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>The United Kingdom has offered millions of public sector workers salary increases in an attempt to end strikes triggered by a cost-of-living crisis.<\/p>\n<p>The pay rise comes as thousands of junior doctors walked off the job in protest for five days.<\/p>\n<p>So-called junior doctors, those who are in the early stages of their careers in the years after medical school, started their strike at 7 AM, demanding a 35 percent pay rise. Health Secretary Steve Barclay said:<\/p>\n<p>This five-day walkout by junior doctors will have an impact on thousands of patients, put patient safety at risk and hamper efforts to cut NHS waiting lists &#8230; A pay demand of 35 percent or more is unreasonable and risks fuelling inflation, which makes everyone poorer.<\/p>\n<p>The UK government decided to accept recommendations for pay increases, Treasury Chief Secretary John Glen said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Junior doctors will now get a 6 percent pay uplift and a lump-sum pay increase of 1 250 pounds (US$1 633.25).<\/p>\n<p>Teachers will get 6.5 percent, police officers 7 percent and armed forces will receive a 5 percent salary increment.<\/p>\n<p>Glen said there would be no new borrowing or spending to fund the increases.<\/p>\n<p>However, teachers\u2019 pay rises will be funded by a reallocation of the existing education department budget.<\/p>\n<p>The pay increases are below the current 8.7 percent inflation rate but are aimed at bridging the gap.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has promised to halve inflation and ministers have stressed the danger that increasing wages too far will undermine that goal and fuel rising prices.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. The United Kingdom has offered millions of public sector workers salary increases in an attempt to end strikes triggered by a cost-of-living crisis. The pay rise comes as thousands of junior doctors walked off the job in protest for five days. 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