article_snippet.sent: Communities Secretary Eric Pickles added there would need to be 'a bit of give and take' with the Prime Minister's plan.
article_snippet.sent: Communities Secretary Eric Pickles insisted it would not add to costs in the NHS, with potential gaps having to be filled by extra agency workers. '
article_snippet.sent: We're talking about three days and it would be worked out according to patterns of work and it will be worked out to ensure that it doesn't cause inconvenience to the health service,' Communities Secretary Eric Pickles said.
article_snippet.sent: Giving every public servant three extra days off could cost millions of pounds but there's no sense of how it will be paid for.
article_snippet.sent: If just half of public sector workers took this up just half of public sector workers took this up would be the time equivalent of around 2,000 nurses, 800 police and almost 3,000 teachers.'