Rishi Sunak hits out at Gary Neville over strikers row

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Rishi Sunak has hit back at former England footballer Gary Neville for claiming workers in the UK are being exploited.

The former England defender Manchester United have come under fire from senior Tory MPs after they appeared to compare the plight of workers involved in the World Cup in Qatar with the problems faced by NHS nurses. found and accused the Sunak government of "demonizing railway workers, paramedics and nurses" during the channel's final coverage of the 2022 World Cup.

Mr. Sunak told the Daily Mail: "I think when most people watch Gary Neville, they want to hear about football and watch football. They don't want to discuss politics."

Asked about Neville's criticism, the Prime Minister then told broadcasters: "I don't think that's fair at all."

"If you look at our background and my background, in as Chancellor I have always done everything I can to support our NHS and indeed the wonderful people who work there,” Mr Sunak said.

The PM added: “ I grew up in an NHS family I spent my life working in my mum's pharmacy when I was younger And if you look at what we did during Covid we provided huge support to the front line at a time, when it comes to pay, when everyone in the public sector experienced a pay freeze.”

Discuss Qatar record on workers' rights ahead of Sunday's final, Neville told ITV viewers: 'It's abhorrent and we should hate low wages.'

The top pundit added: 'And he worth mentioning that we have a current government in our country that demonizes railway workers, paramedics and, terrifyingly, nurses.

The former Manchester star says Qatari workers shouldn't have been given 'absolute misery' to help build the World Cup stadiums.

"It shouldn't happen here with the wealth that exists - but it shouldn't happen in our country where our nurses have to fight for an extra pound or two extra pounds," he added.

Tory MP Simon Clarke said it was "grotesque...