NURSES are to vote on whether to take industrial action in a pay dispute with the Scottish government.

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is balloting members after rejecting a proposed increase of 4 per cent, warning that nurses have been “undervalued and under-resourced” for a decade.

Health Secretary Humza Yousaf has previously described the offer as “the biggest pay rise in 20 years and the best in the entire UK.”