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

Pat Cullen said health secretary’s attempt to block 48-hour nurses’ strike was ‘cruel’ and ‘unacceptable’

The Guardian - UK

Nurses' union fury over government's legal 'threat' to 48-hour strike

RCN general secretary Pat Cullen hit out at Health and Social Care Secretary Steve Barcla

Wales Online

Steve Barclay accused of trying to ‘bully and silence’ nurses through legal action

RCN union hits back after health secretary attempts to prevent planned May Day strike

The Guardian - UK

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Two-day nurses strike could be unlawful over ballot row, NHS bosses claim

NHS Employers, an organisation which acts on behalf of NHS trusts, argues the six month period in which industrial action can be taken in England expires during the strike action

Daily Mirror

Britain backs the nurses as poll shows 56% support decision to reject Tory pay offer

The Redfield & Wilton poll found three times as many people supported the Royal College of Nursing decision to reject the 5% pay rise than disagreed

Daily Mirror

NHS tells nurses that planned strike is illegal

The RCN said it would “forcibly” resist any potential legal action from the NHS over strikes

The Independent UK

NHS threatens legal action to block second day of nurses’ strike

Exclusive: NHS Employers officials claim action on 2 May goes beyond six-month period in which action can be takenExclusive

The Guardian - UK

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Downing Street rejects calls for Acas to help end junior doctor dispute

The British Medical Association had asked the Government to enter into talks facilitated by the conciliation service.

The Independent UK

Medical chiefs call for third-party intervention to end junior doctors row

Downing Street has said there will be no talks unless junior doctors abandon their starting position of a 35% pay rise and call off strikes.

The Independent UK

NHS mental health leaders call for nurses’ strike staff exemption

NHS Confederation’s mental health network says patient safety will be ‘put at direct risk’ by strike

The Guardian - UK

Labour vows to bring back Tony Blair-style NHS targets to bring down waiting times

Keir Starmer accused the Tories of presiding over a "broken" system and said his team would focus on tackling long waits

Daily Mirror

More than 200,000 NHS appointments postponed last week due to junior doctors’ strike

Paramedics’ union likely to reject government offer next week

The Independent UK

Nurses in England are on weaker ground with new strikes – and ministers know it

Steve Barclay and Rishi Sunak are gambling that nurses’ appetite for a fight is waning – and ballot results back them up

The Guardian - UK

That most pressing of UK’s problems for Sunak to solve … maths

PM’s sums do not seem to add up with his latest passion to deal with the nation’s chronic innumeracy

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Daily Mirror

Nurses warn Rishi Sunak he'll be 'here today gone tomorrow' if he fails to end pay war

Royal College of Nursing general secretary Pat Cullen said the PM faces punishment at the ballot box as she urged Tory ministers to enter talks to avert fresh hospital strikes

The Independent UK

Junior doctors’ strike led to 200,000 NHS appointments being cancelled

Paramedics’ union likely to reject government offer next week

The Independent UK

NHS strikes make waiting list promise ‘more challenging’ – Sunak

Rishi Sunak said it was ‘obviously disappointing’ that nurses in England had rejected the Government’s pay offer.

Evening Standard

12-hour A&E wait crisis in London and yet more strikes on way

Rishi Sunak raises new fears on patient safety in strikes

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The Guardian - UK

No 10 refuses to say when Rishi Sunak first declared wife’s shareholding in childminder agency – as it happened

PM’s spokesperson also refuses to say when updated register of ministers’ interests would be published

Tribune News Service

UK says offer to health care staff final as nurses plan strikes

The U.K. government said its latest pay offer to striking health care workers is final with one of the biggest nurses’ unions warning that walkouts could continue through Christmas without a better deal.

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak appears ready to try to tough out further wave of NHS strikes

High-risk tactic increases likelihood of combined stoppages by nurses and junior doctors in England

Daily Mirror

Cancer and A&E nurses WILL join 'super-strike' as Tories refuse to budge on pay

The Royal College of Nursing will hold a round-the-clock 48-hour strike from 8pm on Sunday, April 30 to 8pm on Tuesday, May 2, including the Bank Holiday Monday

The Guardian - UK

Local election voters may punish Tories as NHS strikes drag on

Chair says party could lose 1,000 English seats on 4 May, despite voters finding Rishi Sunak more palatable than his predecessors

Daily Mirror

Nurses could strike until Christmas as dispute with Tories over NHS pay escalates

Royal College of Nursing general secretary Pat Cullen said members would be balloted on a fresh wave of industrial action after rejecting the latest pay offer from the Government

Evening Standard

Nurses could strike until Christmas, union leader says

Royal College of Nursing leader Pat Cullen called for the Government to improve its pay offer to avoid further strikes.

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