Minister won't say if nurses deserve to be paid as much as OLD MPs

Demands for nurses' pay rises have been dismissed as 'remarkably high' by a Cabinet minister who has warned an impending strike would 'completely disrupt' vital NHS services.

Chris Heaton-Harris said it was 'very difficult' to say whether nurses are paid enough and declined to comment on whether they deserved to be paid as much as MPs.

The secretary of Northern Ireland told Sky News: "I think it's an unfair question...we are in completely different places", adding: "Some people wouldn't want to pay politicians anything."