The Government has issued a "blatant threat" by taking legal action over a planned 48-hour strike by nurses in the long-running dispute over pay, a union leader has said.Royal College of Nursing (RCN) members working in the NHS in England at workplaces with a strike mandate are preparing to take industrial action from 8pm or the start of the night shift on April 30 until 8pm or the start of the night shift on May 2.

The Government has issued a "blatant threat" by taking legal action over a planned 48-hour strike by nurses in the long-running dispute over pay, a union leader has said.Royal College of Nursing (RCN) members working in the NHS in England at workplaces with a strike mandate are preparing to take industrial action from 8pm or the start of the night shift on April 30 until 8pm or the start of the night shift on May 2.