We ,citizens of Southport,put on record our deep and lasting appreciation of the heroic efforts on our behalf of the local NHS, its staff and care workers during the Covid pandemic, are dismayed that the government cannot find a way of improving their future pay by more than 1% ,recognise that this is strongly felt by people regardless of political views or background and therefore call upon our local representatives, particularly our MP, to help reverse this decision and take all practical means to do.