UK health secretary says nurses’ pay demands not ‘reasonable or affordable’

Steve Barclay adds he is saddened' by the RCN's proposed industrial action, saying it is in nobody's best interests'

Pay demands from unions representing nurses are neither reasonable nor affordable", the health secretary has said after their members voted to go on strike.

Steve Barclay said he was saddened by the proposed industrial action by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), which he said was in nobody's best interests".