The government are trying to have it both ways on so-called 'independent' review board. We can't let them.
Pay Review Bodies recommendations are bound by their terms of reference from the Government which include:
"3. the funds available to the Health Departments as set out in the Government’s Departmental Expenditure Limits;
4. the Government’s inflation target;"
See https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/nhs-pay-review-body/about/terms-of-reference
Not independent in any way!
Pay Review Bodies recommendations are bound by their terms of reference from the Government which include:
"3. the funds available to the Health Departments as set out in the Government’s Departmental Expenditure Limits;
4. the Government’s inflation target;"
See https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/nhs-pay-review-body/about/terms-of-reference
Not independent in any way!