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UK nurses reject Government's proposed 5.5 percent pay rise

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Publish Date
Tue, 24 Sep 2024, 8:29pm
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UK nurses reject Government's proposed 5.5 percent pay rise

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Tue, 24 Sep 2024, 8:29pm

Nurses in England have widely rejected the Government's proposed 5.5 percent pay rise.

According to an online vote run by the Royal College of Nursing, two-thirds of nurses said this increase wasn't fair. 

UK correspondent Enda Brady says they've seen junior doctors get 35 percent raises following the Covid-19 pandemic - and they're hoping to be properly compensated to keep up with inflation. 

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