The largest NHS strikes in Britain’s history can be avoided if ministers agree to an inflation-busting pay rise, the UK’s nursing union has said, as another NHS union joins the fray.
The ultimatum from The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) comes as the union is due to publish the results of its ballot on strike action later this week, with a large majority of nurses already understood to have voted in favour.
More strike pain could also be heading No10’s