UK government agrees pay deal with healthcare unions - report

British healthcare workers and the government have reached an agreement on a pay deal, the i newspaper reported on Thursday - a breakthrough following months of strikes in the state-run National Health Service.

Any such offer would still be put to a vote among union members working for the service, which has been under strain from walkouts by nurses, doctors and ambulance workers for higher wages to cope with surging inflation. In February, nurses in England paused strike action to

enter intensive talks with the government, while unions representing ambulance workers also called off planned strikes after agreeing a fresh round of talks.