Balanced News: UK govt refuses to give way on pay as nurses, medics strike

LONDON — The British government said Tuesday it will not offer more money to nurses and ambulance crews to end strikes that are piling pressure on an already overstretched health system. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative administration is under pressure to increase its pay offer to health care staff who are seeking big raises in the face of decades-high inflation that was running at 10.7% in November. Thousands of nurses walked off the job Tuesday in their second 24-hour strike this month.