Significant moment. (An analysis this morning found a nurse’s real-terms salary has fallen 20% in a decade, causing exodus of staff struggling with cost of living.)
Rishi Sunak has been confronted by a patient about nurses’ pay, during a visit to a hospital in Croydon.
“You need to pay them," said 77-year-old Catherine Poole (pictured).
Mr Sunak said his Government was trying, to which she said: "You are not trying, you need to try harder"