Dr Brown responds to the pay freeze imposed on young doctors. He tells Jimmy Robinson an increase in wages had been promised to all doctors by the government but this had been reneged on.
A nationwide pay freeze on many industries and jobs has been imposed by the Labour government.
The Prices and Incomes Act 1966 c. 33 was a United Kingdom Act of Parliament, affecting UK labour law, regarding wage levels and price policies. It allowed the government to begin a process to scrutinise rising levels of wages (at around 8 per cent per annum at that time) by initiating reports, and inquiries, and ultimately giving orders for a standstill. The objective was to control inflation. It proved unpopular after the 1960s.