Young workers to bear £19bn cost of fixing pension scheme wrongdoing, court told
The British Medical Association and the Fire Brigades Union are bringing linked legal challenges against the Treasury.
The British Medical Association and the Fire Brigades Union are bringing linked legal challenges against the Treasury.
Health Secretary Steve Barclay said that discussions had been ‘constructive’.
Industry leaders have implored ministers to resolve the dispute with health workers.
The Prime Minister inherited a series of daunting challenges including soaring inflation, sky-high energy bills and industrial disputes.
Ministers will also publish an urgent and emergency care plan for the NHS on Monday.
More strike action by ambulance workers this week is ‘hugely disappointing’ and will ‘inevitably’ cause disruption, the Health Secretary said.
February 6 is likely to see the biggest strike action the health service has ever experienced.
Unite said workers from five ambulance trusts in England and Wales would also join the strike on February 6.
Future strikes are planned for February and March as unions urged ministers to negotiate on pay.
NHS experts expressed ‘huge concern’ after it was announced that ambulance workers would join nurses in a combined day of action next month.
More strikes in England and Wales have been announced as the pay row with the Government continues.
Simon Clarke, Liz Truss’s levelling up secretary, said in a radio interview the debate over nurses’ pay has ‘got way out of hand’.
Unions will enter negotiations with the Health Secretary on Thursday.
More strikes in England and Wales have been announced as the pay row with the Government continues.
Thousands of nurses are on strike at 55 NHS trusts in England in a dispute over pay.