Party analysis indicates that the cumulative effect of an immediate council tax rise, an effective pay cut and a looming freeze to income tax thresholds will leave a newly qualified nurse with £307 less in their pocket by 2023.
French exports to the UK plummeted by 13 per cent in January compared to the average of the previous six months.
Professor Sharon Peacock - head of the Covid-19 Genomics UK scientific body - said the country was well-equipped to “stay ahead” of the virus by quickly adapting vaccines.
Labour questioned the prime minister’s priorities for shelling out millions on “vanity projects” while “picking the pockets” of NHS workers.
Labour said the reported cuts would “cause devastation” to some of the world’s most vulnerable people.
The Royal College of Nurses made the decision amid growing anger over the pay of health staff who have been under unprecedented pressure during the coronavirus crisis.
Test and Trace will get another £15 billion in government cash, the small print of Rishi Sunak’s latest Budget has confirmed.
“For the Government to blame asylum seekers for the Covid outbreak in the Napier barracks, while having full knowledge that it was impossible to social distance seems cruel and unfair."
The “spending plans in particular don’t look deliverable, at least not without considerable pain”.