• 2 months ago
After months of uncertainty, the Welsh government has now announced that doctors and dentists around Wales will be receiving an above inflation pay rise. Doctors and teachers will receive a 6% rise, with other NHS staff and teachers will receive a 5.5% increase.
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00:00It's been a long few months for many public sector workers.
00:05Thousands have been on strike and there has been little movement on whether they'd be
00:08getting pay rises they think are fair considering the soaring cost of living.
00:14Now for thousands of NHS workers and teachers across the country, that pay rise will come
00:19after it was just denounced by the Welsh Government.
00:23It means that all NHS staff will receive at least a 5.5% pay increase with doctors receiving
00:296%. Teachers will also be receiving a 5.5% increase, which for everyone receiving the
00:35pay rise will be backdated to April.
00:40While it is certainly a welcome move by the Welsh Government, many have questioned why
00:43it's taken so long to come about, considering the same pay rise was confirmed months ago
00:48in England.
00:51The Welsh Government argued that they had to confirm that it was affordable and are
00:54now confident that they will receive the extra money from the UK Government.

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