Sunak facing growing pressure to improve nurses’ pay offer
by Aubrey Allegretti Political correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#66VWY)
Former Tory chair urges PM to compromise as strikes across England, Wales and Northern Ireland take place
Rishi Sunak is facing mounting pressure in the row over nurses' strikes, with a senior Tory MP telling him to compromise and increase the pay rise on offer while a health minister insisted unions' demands could not be met.
As historic strike action across Wales, Northern Ireland and some NHS trusts in England began, the prime minister was urged by the former head of the independent pay review body to reconsider the offer on the table.
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