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NHS
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.
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”
Union says anti-strike legislation ‘scapegoats NHS workers’
‘A government that has presided over 13 years of failure in our public services is now seeking to scapegoat the NHS staff and ambulance workers who do so much to care for the people of our country.’
‘Knives Out’: Will Boris be back in 2023?
As a dire electoral future beckons the Tories, desperate times call for desperate measures, lighting the touchpaper for a possible return of Boris Johnson.
A damning chart which shows just why the NHS is in crisis
A number of trusts have announced critical incidents in recent days
A full list of upcoming strike dates
We take a look at the upcoming list of strike dates.
More people blame the Government than unions for wave of strikes, poll shows
The poll, carried out by Opinium on behalf of the Compassion in Politics think tank and reported in the Mirror, found that 41% of those surveyed believe the Tories are responsible, 35% say unions
Brexit ‘fantasies’ have made ‘severe challenges’ in NHS worse and could widen health inequalities, report finds
‘The effects of Brexit appear to have added to the severe challenges and problems the NHS currently faces.’
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.
