In 2010 the government under David Cameron and Nick Clegg froze the wages of public sector workers earning £21,000 or more for two years as part of their austerity measures. This included nurses, whose starting salary was just above the £21,000 threshold at the time.
Then from 2013, any increase to public sector workers's wages was capped at 1 per cent per year. Some people consider this essentially to be a cut, given that this was below the rate of inflation.
On 28 June 2017 MPs voted on whether or not to lift that 1 per cent cap, meaning workers including nurses might get a pay rise. And the majority voted against it.
Pay for MPs increased by 3.1 per cent on 1 April 2020, well above the 1.8 per cent rate of inflation by the CPI measure.
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https://www.indy100.com/viral/mps-voted-against-giving-nurses-pay-rise-list-9462946