Zahawi - Unfair for unions to damage people's lives at Christmas
Speaking to the BBC, the Conservative Party chairman says that demands from unions for a 19% pay rise for nurses would cost the NHS £10bn.
"That it is money which should be put on the NHS front line," he said.
On her Sunday morning show, Laura Kuenssberg quizzed Nadhim Zahawi on what the government is doing about planned strikes.