Insult to heroes as Rishi Sunak warns of pay restraint for NHS and care staff

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Rishi Sunak has sparked fury by warning a million frontline NHS staff they face pay restraints. The Chancellor unveiled hikes up to 3.1% for key workers including doctors and police.

But staff such as nurses, ­paramedics, porters and cleaners, who have also been at the forefront of the heroic battle against Covid-19, were left out.

They are due a pay review in April, but Mr Sunak warned future rises may be at risk so he can “deliver savings”. Poorly paid social care workers also missed out.

Unison chief Dave Prentis said: “Talking of holding down pay will go down like a lead balloon with the public.” At the height of the pandemic Boris Johnson and his Tory cronies joined the weekly applause for NHS staff battling coronavirus and pledged