Simon Clarke, the former levelling up secretary, said the average nurse's salary is £35,000 a year and that "is not a salary on which you ought to be relying on a food bank". Matthew Tovey, a nurse and spokesperson for the campaign group NHS Say No, told Sky News those who earn £35,000 and upwards "are typically specialist nurses who have had further training - often university courses which incurs extra cost"

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