and at why so many workers in other sectors are also still at loggerheads with the government over pay. also on the programme: ten month old finley boden, murdered by his parents after being placed back into their care. 21 year old us guardsman jack teixera appears in court, charged with espionage over a huge leak of secret government documents. deux, un.top! and coming up in sport on bbc news. her second title this week britain sjessica gadirova wins all around gold at the european artistic gymnastics championships in turkey. good evening. nurses in england who are members of the rcn have voted to reject the government s pay officer. the move has been described as concerning for patients. the rcn says what has been offered today to simply not enough. a five percent pay rise from april was offered as well as a one off payment of at least £1,655 to top up the past year s pay award. but 54% of members who voted rejected the deal. and so the union have announced a 48 hour str
But many are still ongoing, including teachers, passport office staff, civil servants, staff of train operating companies, and postal workers. 0ur political correspondent damian grammaticas joins us from westminster. we can speak to him just now. damien, clearly some progress for the government, but a lot of these talks are still deadlocked? yes. talks are still deadlocked? yes, the are, talks are still deadlocked? yes, they are. and talks are still deadlocked? yes, they are, and the talks are still deadlocked? yes, they are, and the strikes - talks are still deadlocked? is: they are, and the strikes that have been resolved so far are the smaller ones, barristers and bus drivers. these are the big ones. the government is pointing to the fact that this one union has accepted this deal and says that shows it is a reasonable deal and it is pointing to the others who are still to ballot this month, largely paramedics, two more unions, and saying they should accepted as well. but of cou
The problem the government then is going to face is that they are now calling new strikes, those threatened to be pretty serious, and the rcn is demanding a shift in what the rcn is demanding a shift in what the government has put on the table. you are also seeing, as hugh was saying, junior doctors. there are no talks going on there. they want to get around the table as well, so pressure on the government in that sense. 0pposition parties, the labour and liberal democrats, saying the government should sit down for talks. the deal today with one union includes a one off payment for last year to top things up. that has angered others, the civil servants, who are today calling strikes, saying they are not being offered that, and all of this is government grapples with keeping inflation down and keeping pay deals done, but also tackling waiting lists and pushing economic growth, and that is a very difficult balance to strike. mani; difficult balance to strike. many thanks. the parents of
Today at six: members of the rcn nurses union in england vote to reject the government s pay offer. there ll be further strikes at the end of the month. ministers say the offer is fair, but the rcn says the offer ministers call the nurses decision hugely disappointing. the union says the offer so far is simply inadequate. the offer so far is simply inadeauate. , , ., ., inadequate. this is not enough members inadequate. this is not enough members and inadequate. this is not enough members and it inadequate. this is not enough members and it is inadequate. this is not enough members and it is down - inadequate. this is not enough members and it is down to the i members and it is down to the government to listen to the voice of nursing and put a better offer on the table. but nursing and put a better offer on the table. ., ., ~ , the table. but health workers in england who the table. but health workers in england who are unison - england who are unison members, including
Are members of the rcn have voted to reject the government s pay officer. the move has been described as concerning for patients. the rcn says what has been offered today to simply not enough. a five percent pay rise from april was offered as well as a one off payment of at least £1,655 to top up the past year s pay award. but 54% of members who voted rejected the deal. and so the union have announced a 48 hour strike, starting on the evening of the 30th april, until 2nd may. but that same pay offer offered to nurses has been accepted by members of the unison union, which includes ambulance workers. meanwhile, thousands ofjunior doctors are staging the final day of their four day strike about pay. here s our health editor, hugh pym. it was the most widespread action in the history of the nursing union. what do we want? what do we want? striking rcn members on picket what do we want? striking rcn members on picket lines. - what do we want? striking rcn members on picket lines. a - w