evidence: He also contrasted the proposed pay deal for the NHS with the £45,000 pay rise awarded to the PM's former adviser Dominic Cummings, who has since left Downing Street. [...] "We're increasing pay for nurses, we're massively increasing our investment in the NHS," he told MPs. [...] NHS workers in Northern Ireland were promised a one-off £500 "special recognition" payment in January; and the Welsh government has said it will not set a "ceiling" of 1% on NHS pay rises for 2021-22.