Earlier, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he was "happy to talk about pay" with unions as ministers held a series of meetings aimed at ending a wave of industrial unrest in the NHS and on the rail network.
However, both the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) and Unite criticised the meeting with Health Secretary Steve Barclay, accusing ministers of "intransigence" Joanne Galbraith-Marten, director of employment relations and legal services at the RCN, said in a statement: "There is no resolution to our dispute yet in sight.
"Today's meeting was bitterly disappointing nothing for the current year and repeating that 'the budget is already set' for next year.
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