Nurses could be ready to accept a 10% rise in pay with their union leader calling on the government to meet them "halfway".
The general secretary of the Royal College for Nursing (RCN), Pat Cullen, has previously said the union’s demand for a 19% rise, dismissed by the government as “unaffordable”, is simply a “starting point”, and that she would put any new offer to her members.
It's understsood the union could be willing to accept a pay rise of about 10% - if Tory ministers finally open pay talks.
