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Daniel Keane

No point in going on strike, minister tells nurses

There is “no point” in nurses going on strike, a Cabinet minister has said, as the Royal College of Nursing prepared to announce the results of a ballot of its 300,000 members.

Education Secretary Gillian Keegan claimed that offering nurses a bigger pay rise would “fuel inflation” and force the Government to “raise a lot more money”.

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