Strikes by nurses could continue for months after an angry reaction to legal action taken by the Government over a planned strike over the bank holiday weekend.Heath Secretary Steve Barclay won a case in the High Court that part of the 48-hour strike was unlawful.Labour attacked the Government for launching the legal action, and accused ministers of being "asleep at the wheel".

Strikes by nurses could continue for months after an angry reaction to legal action taken by the Government over a planned strike over the bank holiday weekend.Heath Secretary Steve Barclay won a case in the High Court that part of the 48-hour strike was unlawful.Labour attacked the Government for launching the legal action, and accused ministers of being "asleep at the wheel".