AN MP attacked the government for blocking a rise in nurses’ wages during Prime Minister’s Questions.
Caroline Lucas, MP for Brighton Pavilion, questioned how the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton was able to recruit nurses if they could not afford to live in the city.
Speaking at this afternoon’s PMQs, she said: “Rents are sky high and house prices in Brighton rose 13% in the last quarter alone.
“Nurses’ wages were recommended to go up by 1% yet his government is blocking even this tiny rise.
“How does he expect hospitals like the Royal Sussex to be able to recruit nurses if they simply can’t afford to live in the area?”
Prime Minister David Cameron responded with a dig at the Green Party.
He said: “We are making a huge investment in the Royal Sussex Hospital and that will have an effect, but I have to say to the honourable lady when she says house prices are rising and are unaffordable, I have never come across a Green Party politician who is in favour of building houses anywhere for anyone.”
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