Junior doctors have always been there for the public – now we have to be there for them

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It appears Rishi Sunak’s government has unlimited money when it comes to its own policies and the comfort of its own MPs (PA Wire)

Health secretary Steve Barclay insists junior doctors are being “unreasonable” in striking for a 35 per cent pay rise. In fact, Rishi Sunak’s government tells any group of workers who demand a living wage that there’s “no money” to pay them.

Yet the UK government has wastefully squandered or dubiously allocated public money since they came to power: from £95,834 spent on stocking the Westminster wine cellar, £3,393 on paintings, and £3,600 on chauffeur services.

In addition, the Tories have already given the government of Rwanda £140m to finance Suella Braverman’s refugee “obsession” – that works out at £700,000 per inmate. And, last month, Rishi Sunak agreed to pay the French state £500m over the next three years as part of its merciless campaign against asylum seekers.