Chris Leslie MP, Labour’s Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, commenting on the government announcement on redundancy claw-back said:

“This announcement is too little, too late. Ministers could have acted on this years ago before they wasted millions of pounds firing and then rehiring staff. In the NHS alone, the government’s reckless reorganisation has seen £1.6 billion spent on redundancies. Over 4,000 NHS staff – some of whom received pay-offs over £200,000 - have been fired and rehired under this government.”