The shocking facts which show why nurses are striking
NHS workers have already experienced a decade of pay cuts, with the average nurse seeing their pay fall in real-terms by between £5,000 and £6,000.
Basit Mahmood
100,000 nurses take part in the largest strike today in NHS history
Nurses have seen their pay fall by £5,000 in real terms since 2010 according to the TUC.
Why the government is wrong to claim that pay increases for public sector workers will lead to further inflation
Unlike in the private sector, the public sector cannot increase its costs for consumers to make up for the higher wages.
Keir Starmer slams Rishi Sunak over nurses strike as a ‘badge of shame’ for the government
The nurses join hundreds of thousands of other public sector workers who are striking this December.
Public support for strike action continues to hold up as Tory attacks fail
“Just under half (47 percent) support strike action versus 34 percent opposed”
The Sun is brutally mocked for front page attacking the RMT and Mick Lynch
“And you lost £50m last year printing this rag”.
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The damning chart which shows why so many public sector workers are striking
Using data from the ONS, the chart shows how much public sector pay has fallen behind that of private sector pay since 2010.
Mick Lynch tears into the BBC for ‘parroting right-wing attack lines’
“Why are you pursuing this line, I read this stuff in the Sun and Daily Mail and the Telegraph.”
Official statistics watchdog reprimands Conservatives over false £800bn post-Brexit trade deal claims
‘It is misleading to describe the £800bn figure as a measure of ‘new global trade’ resulting from the recent deals’