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The biggest ambulance strike so far as thousands of workers walk out over pay and conditions
25,000 ambulance workers represented by the unions GMB and UNISON will go on strike over a 24-hour period in response to low pay and indecent working conditions.
Angela Rayner eviscerates Tory anti-strike bill in the House of Commons
“How he goes on with one breath thanking nurses to sacking nurses"
Grant Shapps photoshops Boris Johnson out of his picture
“If only we could do the same with the past decade of British politics.”
MUST WATCH: Unite blasts Tory hypocrisy after government demand further ‘productivity savings’ during pay talks
“That is absolutely ludicrous. This isn’t a factory we’re talking about, we’re talking about people who are working well beyond their contracted hours anyway"
TUC calls on MPs to reject ‘attack on the right to strike’ as bill comes to parliament today
"That’s undemocratic, unworkable, and almost certainly illegal."