So, the NHS has been offered a derisory 1% pay rise and public service workers a pay freeze. This should come as no surprise to anyone. We all know that despite the false adulation by our Prime Minister the Tories resent money being paid to the Public Sector. We are not out of the Covid crisis and yet this decision has been taken with indecent haste!

This pandemic has shown us all how much we need a flourishing and well provided for NHS and Public Sector - they have been magnificent.

I think it is quite wrong that many Tories are trying to pit the Private Sector against the Public Sector. We all realise that many people are suffering financially, but giving a decent pay rise to those who have been on the front line and put themselves and their families at great risk will not make a jot of difference to their plight. Some companies have made vast profits during this pandemic which makes the 1% pay rise to the NHS even more shameful.

Instead of casting around for contributions towards the refurbishment of No.10 our Prime Minister should concentrate on running the Country properly and fairly!

Yours faithfully,

Val Withstandley, Chestnut View, Hatch Beauchamp.