Claim: MPs have had a 42.7% pay increase since 2008 and junior doctors a 25% decrease since 2010.
Fact-check: How do junior doctors' pay demands compare with MPs' recent salary rises? - Full Fact
Verdict: it is not clear how these figures have been calculated, but they don't appear to be quite right. in cash terms, mps' salaries rose about 37% between 2008 and 2023. in real terms, factoring in rpi inflation, the bma says junior doctors had a 26% pay cut between 2008/09 and 2021/22.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Joe Gammie
Date published: 2023-04-26T00:00:00