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The Royal College of Nursing says 73 NHS trusts will be affected in an escalation of previous industrial action.
The controversial legislation could see nurses sacked for taking part in industrial action.
A surge in flu cases and a lack of hospital beds has put the health service under enormous pressure.
The Conservative MP said nurses on £30k using food banks had “something wrong” with their finances.
Nurses in England will walk out on January 18 and 19 as the row with the government escalates.
"In 25 years of negotiations, I have never seen such an abdication of leadership as I have with this prime minister."
The government is refusing to budge despite walkouts by nurses and ambulance workers.
A new poll reveals the majority of people support the industrial action being taken by nurses and ambulance workers.
Will Quince was skewered as the latest nurses' strike throws the health service into chaos.
A department of health source told HuffPost UK: "The government’s position on pay is unchanged - the country cannot afford to meet the unions’ inflation-busting demands."