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NHS staff to protest across Britain to demand fair pay
NHS workers march along Whitehall, London, as part of a national protest over pay

NHS staff will stage demonstrations nationwide on Saturday to call for fair pay amid concerns over a second wave of Covid-19.

More than 20 socially distanced protests will take place organised by the NHS Workers Say No to Public Sector Pay Inequality group and backed by supporters of Keep Our NHS Public (KONP).

The protests are calling on the government to recognise the contribution that NHS staff have made during the coronavirus pandemic by awarding a 15 per cent pay rise, and say that a decade of wage freezes has left health workers with a real-terms pay cut of 20 per cent.

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