Nurses and civil servants pile pressure on PM over public sector pay cap

Nurses and civil servants have piled fresh pressure on the Government to lift the 1% cap on public sector pay rises.Thousands of nurses demonstrated against the cap outside Parliament on Wednesday, while the UK's largest civil service trade union announced it would ballot members over possible strike action in protest against the restrictions.Amid increasing calls for the pay cap to be ditched, Downing Street has not denied reports the Government is considering scrapping the limit, which has bee