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Budget 2021: Key workers 'insulted' by 1% pay rise

Sky, 05 Mar 2021
The country clapped for key workers at the height of the pandemic in gratitude for risking their lives by going to work each day.

The government shows their gratitude by awarding NHS staff a one percent pay rise.

An intensive care staffer told Sky News they felt 'insulted.' The Prime Minister says the government has already invested 'huge quantities' in health and social care.

Sky News's deputy political editor Sam Coates reports.

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