Members of Unison have voted overwhelmingly to accept a pay offer aimed at resolving the long-running NHS dispute.

The union announced that 74 per cent of those who voted backed the deal of a five per cent pay rise this year and a cash payment for last year.

The turnout was 52 per cent among Unison's 288,000 members in England.

The decision was revealed ahead of an announcement by the Royal College of Nursing of its ballot among nurses on the same offer.

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