ANGRY health workers were set to march on Downing Street last night to demand a proper pay rise.

As the Star went to press, NHS staff were gathering at University College and St Thomas’s hospitals to demonstrate their rejection of the government’s “grossly inadequate” 3 per cent pay offer.

Health unions have demanded an increase to make up for more than a decade of Tory cuts that have seen real pay reduced by as much as 19 per cent and are consulting members on their response, with industrial action firmly on the agenda.