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Nurses strike to be cut short after High Court ruling

Royal College of Nursing members in England will no longer strike on May 2

Manchester Evening News

Nurses forced to cut strike short after High Court ruling

Walkout will now end 24 hours earlier at midnight on 1 May

The Independent UK

Nursing union’s strike plans for May 2 would be unlawful, High Court judge rules

Health Secretary Steve Barclay took legal action against the union.

The Independent UK

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Nurses to cut short strike as court rules second day of action unlawful

Ruling prompts RCN leader Pat Cullen to condemn government for ‘taking its own nurses to court’

The Guardian - UK

UK curbs nurses' strike after taking legal action against union

The British government succeeded on Thursday in limiting the length of an upcoming strike by nurses, after the health department took legal action against a trade union.

Reuters

Government taking nurses union to court in bid to bust strikes

The next walk-out is planned from April 30

Wales Online

Barclay ‘wasting public money’ with legal action against nursing strike

Exclusive: Health secretary trying to ‘wear down’ NHS nurses rather than negotiating, RCN general secretary to tell high court

The Guardian - UK

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Health Secretary Steve Barclay accused of 'bullying' by staff, sources say

Critics accused the Government of not having 'a shred of integrity yet' after ex-Deputy PM Dominic Raab resigned on Friday after bullying claims were upheld against him

Daily Mirror

Nurses at war: inside the toxic battle at the Royal College of Nursing

Division, culture problems and a fraudulent petition to oust its leader... As the nursing strikes enter their fifth month, Katie Strick reports on the ‘civil war’ at the industry’s biggest union

Evening Standard

NHS bosses issue warning over urgent and emergency care during nursing strike

Health leaders have warned that urgent and emergency care could be in a “precarious position” during next week’s nursing strike unless exemptions are brought in by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN).

Evening Standard

Warning over urgent and emergency care as nurses’ strike approaches

NHS leaders have sounded the alarm over keeping patients safe.

The Independent UK

Nurses’ strikes: Which London hospitals will be affected?

Royal College of Nursing warns industrial action could last until Christmas

Evening Standard

Government to face nursing union in court as Steve Barclay confirms legal action over strike

RCN leader vows to ‘stand up’ to government ‘bullies’ in court

The Independent UK

Government mounts court bid to block next week's 48-hour nurses strike

Nursing leaders accused the Government of trying to 'silence members' with a legal threat against a planned 48-hour walkout from 8pm on Sunday, April 30, to 8pm on Tuesday, May 2

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The Guardian - UK

Ministers apply to high court to stop part of nurses’ strike in England

Health secretary Steve Barclay claims some industrial action is unlawful as mandate will have expired

Evening Standard

Government to seek court order to stop next month’s nursing strike

Health Secretary Steve Barclay will seek a court order to prevent members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) in England from going on strike on May 2.

The Guardian - UK

Nurses’ leader blasts Steve Barclay over ‘disgraceful’ use of legal action to stop strike

Pat Cullen attacks health secretary’s attempt to prevent 48-hour action in England as ‘frightening for democracy’

The National (Scotland)

Government issues 'blatant threat’ with legal action over nurses strike in England

THE UK Government has issued a “blatant threat” by taking legal action over a planned 48-hour strike in England by nurses in the long-running…

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The Guardian - UK

RCN chief: legal action over nurses’ strikes is ‘blatant threat’

Pat Cullen said health secretary’s attempt to block 48-hour nurses’ strike was ‘cruel’ and ‘unacceptable’

Wales Online

Nurses' union fury over government's legal 'threat' to 48-hour strike

RCN general secretary Pat Cullen hit out at Health and Social Care Secretary Steve Barcla

The Guardian - UK

Steve Barclay accused of trying to ‘bully and silence’ nurses through legal action

RCN union hits back after health secretary attempts to prevent planned May Day strike

Daily Mirror

Two-day nurses strike could be unlawful over ballot row, NHS bosses claim

NHS Employers, an organisation which acts on behalf of NHS trusts, argues the six month period in which industrial action can be taken in England expires during the strike action

Daily Mirror

Britain backs the nurses as poll shows 56% support decision to reject Tory pay offer

The Redfield & Wilton poll found three times as many people supported the Royal College of Nursing decision to reject the 5% pay rise than disagreed

The Independent UK

NHS tells nurses that planned strike is illegal

The RCN said it would “forcibly” resist any potential legal action from the NHS over strikes

The Guardian - UK

NHS threatens legal action to block second day of nurses’ strike

Exclusive: NHS Employers officials claim action on 2 May goes beyond six-month period in which action can be takenExclusive

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