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RCN chief: legal action over nurses’ strikes is ‘blatant threat’

People hold placards during NHS nurses' strike
Steve Barclay said he had no choice but to pursue legal action over planned strikes next week. Photograph: Peter Nicholls/Reuters

The health secretary’s legal challenge against the Royal College of Nursing’s forthcoming strike is a “blatant threat”, the union’s leader has said.

Steve Barclay’s decision to refer to the courts, revealed on Friday, is the latest twist in the long-running saga over pay between nurses and the government.

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