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• Nursing union warns that next strike will be twice as big

  14-01-2023 22:33
  RCN says if progress not made on pay negotiations, action in February will include all eligible members in EnglandDouble the number of nurses will be asked to strike in early February in a bid to increase pressure on the government, union leaders have warned.The Royal College of Nursing has said that if progress is not made in negotiations by the end of January, the next set of strikes will include all eligible members in England for the first time. Continue reading...
  
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• Most UK voters still back strikes by nurses and ambulance crews

  14-01-2023 21:00
  Public support for industrial action by health workers remains strong in the face of government claims it is putting lives at risk A majority of voters continue to support striking nurses and ambulance workers, despite government claims that they are putting the public at risk, according to the latest Opinium poll for the Observer.Labour has also increased its lead over the Tories by 1 percentage point, to 16 points, after the prime minister, Rishi Sunak, and other cabinet ministers tried to mak
  
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• Revealed: cabinet split over NHS pay disputes piles pressure on Sunak

  14-01-2023 19:00
  Health secretary Steve Barclay urges unions to lobby PM over improved pay offer for striking nurses and ambulance workersThe health and social care secretary Steve Barclay has privately urged trade unions to help him make the case to the Treasury and No 10 for extra money for nurses, ambulance workers and other NHS staff in an extraordinary twist to the escalating crisis over health service strikes, the Observer can reveal.A serious cabinet split has opened up, with Barclay now wanting more mone
  
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