Immediate pay increase for NHS staff in Scotland announced

Nicola Sturgeon has announced an immediate £160m boost in pay for nearly 150,000 NHS staff in Scotland, among a package of new spending measures.The first minister sought to shore up the Scottish National party’s continuing lead in opinion polls by also announcing an increase in support for the poorest students and those from the care system worth more than £20m.In a bid to beat the UK government’s imminent announcement of a new NHS pay deal in England, Sturgeon said all