The key point is at the end:

“The spirit of public service can only be kept alive through constantly combating this swindle of scarcity; through maintaining anger and holding on to a sacred definition of what rights and expectations we have – and seek to retain. Pay up if you have to, but don’t give up.“

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/09/state-services-pay-rishi-sunak-britain-private