Sunak Digs In Over Nurses’ Pay as UK Health Service Faces Crisis
- Prime minister says best way to help staff is to cut inflation
- Ambulance drivers also due to strike over salaries Wednesday
Demonstrators during a strike by NHS nursing staff in Liverpool, UK.
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Rishi Sunak said he won’t back down in a pay dispute with National Health Service staff that is leading nurses and ambulance drivers to go on strike, saying his UK government is prioritizing curbing inflation.
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