Education Secretary Gillian Keegan mentioned inflation is “impacting all of us” and urged the British Medical Association to drop calls for for a 35 % pay enhance.

The Government has mentioned there might be “no more talks” on pay and urged the BMA to simply accept the six % rise advisable by the pay awards physique which she warned could be a “final” supply.

Ms Keegan mentioned: “We all understand there’s been inflation and there’s been a huge spike in inflation. And that’s impacting all of us. That’s why the main goal is to halve inflation. You can’t chase it.

“I would urge them to take the same approach as everybody else actually.”

Downing Street urged junior medical doctors and consultants to think about “whether it is appropriate” for the BMA to “keep disrupting patient care in the way they are doing”.

The Prime Minister’s official spokesman mentioned: “Consultants, of course, are some of the best-paid public sector workers - and indeed public or private sector workers.

“So it is for them to consider whether it is appropriate. Our position is clear: we have accepted the independently-decided recommendation of the pay review body.

“We are more than happy to talk about wider workforce issues but we won’t be having further talks on pay.”

Rishi Sunak’s spokesman mentioned junior medical doctors have been being provided “one of the biggest pay increases across the whole public sector” and that the bottom paid of their ranks have been being provided a ten.3 % uplift of their pay as a part of the package deal.

“And that is on top of their pension contributions, which are far and above those in the private sector,” the No 10 official added.

The Education Secretary additionally instructed junior medical doctors they aren't “exceptional in having inflationary pressures”. Senior figures on the BMA have warned additional strikes are “very high”.

The Government is providing junior medical doctors 6 % rises, together with a further consolidated £1,250 enhance.

Hospital consultants, set to strike in England subsequent week, will obtain a 6 % rise.

Downing Street on Friday reiterated that there won't be additional negotiations.

The present stage of CPI inflation is working at 8.7 % and Mr Sunak, who has promised to chop it to round 5.3 % by the tip of the yr, desires to keep away from pay will increase which might gas a wage-price spiral.

With no new borrowing to fund the offers, Mr Sunak mentioned Government departments should “reprioritise” spending - elevating fears of cuts throughout public companies.

Number 10 additionally dismissed claims a six % pay rise for medical doctors could be unfair on the million NHS employees who accepted a 5 % rise in May.

Downing Street mentioned nurses on the Agenda for Change contracts have been seeing uplifts in pay that went past the 5 % headline determine.

The Prime Minister’s official spokesman mentioned: “When it comes to the Agenda for Change deal, it would be wrong to look at just the 5 percent figure because they received a significant non-consolidated award worth between 3.5 percent and 8.2 percent of their basic pay.

“Through the Agenda for Change deal, we’ve put more money into the pockets of healthcare workers this year than would have been the case with a 6 percent consolidated rise.”

He mentioned the bottom paid AfC employees had seen a pay enhance of greater than 20 % since 2021/22, with nurses £5,000 higher off over the previous two years.

Treasury minister John Glen instructed MPs on Thursday that the beforehand agreed deal was price greater than £3,600 for the common nurse or greater than £3,700 for the common ambulance employee.