Watch: Lawyer calls out Sunak for parroting Johnson’s bull****

Rishi Sunak has been slammed for parroting a promise Boris Johnson made time and time again.

The PM has claimed that the government has returned the nurses’ bursary scheme.

It was something Boris Johnson was always keen to claim, and it has been slammed by filmmaker Peter Stefanovic.

Full Fact

As Peter points out Full Fact wrote: “In December 2019, the Conservative government led by Boris Johnson announced the introduction of an additional £5,000 grant for all student nurses to help with living costs, with an additional £3,000 available for some eligible students. However, students would continue to pay their own tuition fees.

This is not the same system that existed before 2017, so in that sense it is not true that the old bursary has been “restored”.

Criticism has come the way of the NHS bursary scheme and maintenance loans. The latter was recently increased by 2.8 per cent, far less than the current rate of inflation recorded at 9.2 per cent in December 2022.

The government said it is “committed” to financially supporting medical students in England with the use of the NHS bursary and student loans.

A Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said: “We are committed to financially supporting medical students in England throughout their studies – with student loans and the NHS Bursary available for eligible students.”

Bull****

Lawyer and film maker Peter Stefanovic shared his new video and wrote: “Rishi Sunak now shamelessly using Boris Johnson’s debunked bull**** about “restoring the nurses bursary” as some kind of justification for not giving them the fair pay we all know they deserve is another all time low For struggling nurses everywhere let’s put the record straight.”

Watch

Rishi Sunak now shamelessly using Boris Johnson’s debunked bull**** about “restoring the nurses bursary” as some kind of justification for not giving them the fair pay we all know they deserve is another all time low

For struggling nurses everywhere let’s put the record straight pic.twitter.com/BdaE14CHNm

— Peter Stefanovic (@PeterStefanovi2) February 8, 2023

Maria Caulfield

Maria Caulfield even popped up to argue he case but ran for the hills…

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Care to comment @mariacaulfield or is that why you've switched departments 🤔 #LiesAfterLies #ToryCriminalsUnfitToGovern

— Jo Parker #SCO 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿♿ (@jo31070) February 8, 2023

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I haven’t switched departments and not only have we restored the nurses bursary but introduced nurse apprenticeships so nurses don’t have to take on student debt

— Maria Caulfield MP (@mariacaulfield) February 8, 2023

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Johnson’s government introduced a system in which student nurses receive a non-repayable £5k grant from the government, but it does not pay their tuition fees on their behalf, which was the system when the bursary you scrapped applied. Nurses now qualify tens of thousands in debt

— Peter Stefanovic (@PeterStefanovi2) February 8, 2023

Reactions

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I graduated in 2009 and was one of the last cohorts to have the bursary (around 6k) plus tuition fees paid for nursing diploma. I couldnothave afforded to train with the current system.

— CardiacNurseSuzie (@CardiacSuzie) February 8, 2023

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And let’s not forget student paramedics who also spend three years at Uni racking up debt are also not eligible for a bursary; only the £5,000 grant through the NHS Learning Support Fund

— Chris 🐾 (@Chris_CPH) February 8, 2023

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Really worth a watch. They really are shameless. https://t.co/dorfOJmPuF

— Katie As (@ka_ashy) February 9, 2023

4.

More "bollocks" by this Government https://t.co/baDETpMnKu

— Michael Plant (@mikeplant63) February 9, 2023

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The Prime Minister is a proven liar but im sure #r4today will not mention this https://t.co/wRJDlTNMT0

— david (@davidgriffith17) February 9, 2023

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You’re not telling the truth @RishiSunak https://t.co/FfqeyrUcFG

— David Just David 🌈 (@Mr_S_David) February 8, 2023

Related: “What far off planet has this lunatic been living on?!” asks lawyer Peter Stefanovic