🔴 The Royal College of Nursing has lost its High Court battle with the Government over whether the union can stage a 48-hour strike next week.
The Royal College of Nursing has lost its High Court battle with the Government over whether the union can stage a 48-hour strike next week.
Speaking outside the Royal Courts of Justice following the ruling, Royal College of Nursing general secretary Pat Cullen said it was the “darkest day” of the dispute so far. She said: “Where do we go from here? Well, of course, our nursing staff will not do anything that isn’t legal. We will continue to have strike action on Sunday evening and again on Monday, but we will not be taking strike action on May 2.
The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said: “I think, firstly, it is obviously regrettable that it had to come to court action in the first instance. The Government never wanted to take this to court. We did indeed try every possible way to avoid a court case. In her witness statement to the court, Ms Cullen said that Government was relying on a lack of clarity in the legislation to bully striking nurses. In an email to 28,000 RCN members prior to the hearing, Ms Cullen conceded that the Government may be successful in its claim.
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