This week's strikes by nurses, ambulance drivers, bus drivers, teachers and driving examiners are expected to go ahead
Ministers are due to hold separate talks with health, teaching and rail unions to try to bring an end to the country's various strike actions.Unions welcomed the remarks, but insist pay rises for nurses in this financial year must be addressed in the talks.
In an interview on the Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme, Mr Sunak said he was "happy to talk about pay that is responsible, that's affordable for the country". Pat Cullen, general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing, said his remarks offered a "chink of optimism", but would not stop strikes scheduled for later this month.Education Secretary Gillian Keegan and the National Education Union and NASUWT
NHS staff in England and Wales, including nurses, have been given an average pay rise of 4.75% this year but are calling for an increase in line with inflation, which is currently running at more than 10%.
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