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Nurses will strike again in England next month as unions and the government refuse to back down in a row over pay.
The move threatens a chaotic start to the year for Britain’s National Health Service after ambulance workers called off a strike planned for next week but announced further walkouts for early next year.
The Royal College of Nursing said that members will strike on January 18 and 19, following two days of historic industrial action in December.
It’s the first time strikes have taken place on such a wide scale since the union was founded over a century ago.
“The government had the opportunity to end this dispute before Christmas but instead they have chosen to
push nursing staff out into
the cold again in January,†said Pat Cullen, the RCN’s general secretary.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak insisted again that the government would not increase pay by more than the level recommended by its pay review body.
The Unison labour group said that ambulance workers would stage further industrial action on January 11 and 23.