Nurses to vote on strike in first ever UK-wide ballot

Hundreds of thousands of nurses will begin voting on Thursday (6 October) on whether to strike over pay.For the first time in its 106-year history, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) are asking members if they want to go on strike in the union’s first UK-wide ballot.Industrial action risks disrupting the NHS this winter.The RCN argued that nurses should get a rise of 5 per cent above inflation, which is currently 10.1 per cent.PA