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SHOCKING: Rcn chief legal action over nurses strikes is blatant threat | Mind Blowing Facts

People hold placards during NHS nurses' strike
Steve Barclay said he had no choice but to pursue legal action over planned strikes next week. Photograph: Peter Nicholls/Reuters

The health secretary’s legal challenge against the Royal College of Nursing’s forthcoming strike is a “blatant threat”, the union’s leader has said.

Steve Barclay’s decision to refer to the courts, revealed on Friday, is the latest twist in the long-running saga over pay between nurses and the government.

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