Welsh Government deputy minister Lee Waters has been recorded criticising nursing unions. The deputy minister for climate change reportedly made the comments at a Labour Party meeting in Llanelli where he described the Royal College of Nursing as "extremely militant" and "determined to have a fight". He also said that they "aren’t seriously committed to negotiate".
The Welsh Government is currently locked in a pay dispute with the Welsh Government over nurses' pay. The Welsh Government have repeatedly said that they are limited in offering new money unless there is a higher pay offer in England. However Plaid Cymru have said that they should use their income tax-raising powers to help increase pay.
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