Nurses in England are being balloted on their willingness to take industrial action following a below-inflation pay offer by the government. The RCN said ministers had misjudged the mood of the nursing workforce with their rise of around 4%, describing it as a 'grave misstep'. An emergency meeting of the college's ruling council agreed that members in England should be balloted on industrial action. The move comes amid rising anger among nurses and the wider public sector over pay and staffing issues - and growing public support for action, including a strike.
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