PMQs Live – People facing Tory cost of living crisis, SNP’s Blackford says
BBC News says The SNP’s Ian Blackford says the PM is rearranging the deckchairs as people face a “Tory cost of living crisis”.
He says figures from the Open Democracy website show that the National Insurance increase will mean nurses get a £275-a-year “pay cut” from April, and this will happen as energy prices go up.
He calls on Johnson to scrap the “regressive hike” in National Insurance.
The PM counters, saying the government needs to clear the Covid backlog in the NHS. He says staff are being recruited, and the starting salary for nurses has gone up.
“We value our nurses, love our NHS and we’re paying for it,” the PM says.
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