Britain is 'resolute' on nurses' pay, senior minister says


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  • Sunday, 18 Dec 2022

FILE PHOTO: Oliver Dowden walks outside Number 10 Downing Street, in London, Britain November 1, 2022. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

LONDON (Reuters) -The British government is "resolute" it will not budge on nurses' pay, senior minister Oliver Dowden said on Sunday, ahead of a planned second nationwide walkout by the profession over an average pay offer of 4% while inflation runs at more than 10%.

An estimated 10,000 nurses in the state-funded National Health Service in England, Wales and Northern Ireland plan to walk out again on Tuesday after staging strikes on Thursday in protest over the pay increase they have been offered.

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