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Tory MP embarrassingly shut down on live TV

After arguing against nurse pay increases in a TV interview, a Tory MP was silenced.

On Thursday morning, the Health Minister Maria Caulfield spoke with Sky News host Niall Paterson.

As the NHS deals with unprecedented levels of industrial action over wages, nurses across England, Northern Ireland, and Wales are on strike today.

Following the current breakdown in negotiations between the UK Government and the Royal College of Nursing, which is requesting a 19.2% pay increase that the Government has deemed unaffordable, the debate has been sparked.

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