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The Royal College of Nursing is calling for talks with ministers over pay issues after a consultative ballot of members showed a large majority opposing the 3.6% pay award.

On Friday the GMB union representing thousands of health workers, including ambulance crews, rejected the government's pay deal in an initial consultative vote.

She said that "failure" would lead to the EIS opening a consultative ballot on industrial action at its annual general meeting later this week.

He added that the union would put the offer to its members in a consultative ballot "as soon as that can be arranged".

If the BJP forms the government, it will be dependent on allies and will need to adopt a more consultative and deliberative approach.