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Dua Lipa criticised for NHS Brit Awards speech after holidaying during lockdown
Dua Lipa has been criticised for calling for a pay rise for frontline workers when she holidayed during the pandemic.The 25-year-old made a plea to Prime Minister Boris Johnson while accepting her Brit Award for best British female solo artist, saying she would be sharing her trophy with Dame Elizabeth Anionwu, the emeritus professor of nursing at the University of West London.Dua said that Dame Elizabeth has said there is a ‘massive disparity between gratitude and respect for frontline workers’.The Physical singer said: ‘It’s very good to clap for them, but we need to pay them.‘I think what we should do is we should all give a massive, massive round of applause and give Boris a message that we all support a fair pay rise for our