MPs call for pay review

Title

MPs call for pay review

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

1 Mar 1996

Year of production

1996

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Duration

00:05:25

Description

In the week when a four percent pay rise was touted as the just reward for millions of public sector workers, some MPs decided they needed 100 percent. Brian Ging reports, with contributions from former minister Alan Clark; Harry Barnes, Labour MP; Liz Lynne, Lib Dem MP; Phil Gray, Royal College of Nursing; Sir Terence Higgins, Conservative MP and one of those behind the motion to increase pay; Margaret Hodge, Labour MP. Music: Money, Money, Money by ABBA (written by Ulvaeus/Andersson).

Contributors

Margaret Hodge; Brian Ging; Harry Barnes; Liz Lynne; Phil Gray; Terence Higgins; Alan Clark (MP)

Keywords

Government; Wages; Nurses; Members of Parliament; Nolan Committee

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