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NHS strike on February 6 to be biggest EVER as nurses and paramedics walk out on same day

NHS Providers director of policy Miriam Deakin says the government’s disastrous handling of the NHS has brought nurses and ambulance staff to breaking point - and the workers to the picket line

Daily Mirror

NHS leaders voice alarm as 10 more ambulance strikes planned

Unite move means NHS will struggle on 6 February, but union says escalation caused by ministers’ wrong claims over patient safety

The Guardian - UK

NHS ambulance workers announce fresh strike dates as pay row escalates

Unite members across England, Wales and Northern Ireland to take further action in February and March

The Guardian - UK

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Food prices at 45-year high despite slight dip in inflation, figures show

THE rate of inflation eased further back last month but cost pressures remained intense for struggling households as food prices hit another 45-year…

The National (Scotland)

South Wales Police investigate claims of bribery and money-laundering at Unite the Union

It comes after more than 20 officers from South Wales Police carried out a raid last year at the Unite HQ in central London

Wales Online

Rishi Sunak trying to 'outdo Thatcher' as Tories push 'extreme' anti-strike law

The UK Government has proposed legislation which could allow employers to sue unions and sack workers if they did not provide a certain level of service.

Daily Record

Union bosses and SNP attack Rishi Sunak over Tory plans to clamp down on strikes

SNP MP Mhairi Black condemned the Tories' proposed anti-strike laws as "immoral".

Daily Record

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Over 100,000 Scots public sector workers ready to strike this year, warn union bosses

Union bosses have warned they "will not be broken" as Scots public sector workers get ready to walk out in the new year.

Daily Record

Struggling workers to continue pay strikes in 2023 and WON’T 'settle for crumbs'

Unite General Secretary Sharon Graham said workers will "not be broken or beaten by Rishi Sunak" referring to planned anti-strike legislation and speculation unions were set to run out of money

Daily Mirror

Union boss blasts 'general strike' claims which do 'disservice to members'

TUC general secretary Paul Nowak, who represents 48 unions, said members aren't interested in a 'general strike or taking on the Government' but are 'interested in a decent pay rise'

Daily Mirror

Go North East bus engineers call off strike action after agreeing 'excellent' 13.1% pay rise

Go North East engineers have accepted a new pay deal

Chronicle Live

Rishi Sunak has 'abdicated all responsibility' as striking workers 'dying to save NHS'

As ambulance workers walked out on Wednesday, No10 was again accused of blocking any progress as Unite said the Government could have ended strikes but “chose not to”

Daily Mirror

UK government urges caution amid ambulance strike, warns against sports, getting drunk

Thousands of ambulance workers in Britain began a one-day strike on Wednesday, with unions and the government swapping accusations of blame for putting lives at risk.

Radio France Internationale

Ambulance drivers on why they are striking

'I am striking to try and sort the NHS out'

Wales Online

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The Independent UK

‘We’re striking to save it’: Meet the picket line paramedics warning ambulance service at ‘breaking point’

Striking NHS workers accuses goverment of having ‘hollowed out’ the health service

Liverpool Echo

Paramedics and ambulance staff strike in Liverpool latest as workers join picket lines

Staff from North West Ambulance Service stand alongside NHS nurses, healthcare assistants and admin workers

Daily Mirror

Greene King pub workers to strike during Christmas period over 'Scrooge' pay offer

Workers will now walk out for three days between December 21 and 23 and between December 28 and 31 and this will impact beer supplies to pubs, including IPA, Old Speckled Hen, and Abbot Ale

Daily Mirror

Deaths caused by ambulance delays soar as unions accuse Tories of 'criminal negligence'

Figures from West Midlands Ambulance Service show 37 patients died because an ambulance did not get to them on time in the first nine months of this year, compared to just one death in 2020

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Liverpool Echo

NHS bosses warn of 'extensive disruption' ahead of ambulance and nurses' strikes

Unite boss Sharon Graham said "the unions are not going to blink first"

Evening Standard

Inflation is setting the Government against the workers with toxic results

In October, 417,000 working days were “lost” in the UK thanks to strike action, the highest such loss for around 11 years. Dramatic? Not really. It’s a mere blip relative to periods of industrial unrest in the 20th century. In September 1978, the worst point in the original “winter of…

The Independent UK

‘You’re doing terrible damage’: Steve Barclay confronted by mother of sick daughter over state of NHS

Health secretary grilled over lack of resources for ‘worked to the bone’ staff

The Independent UK

Steve Barclay ‘holding country to ransom’ by refusing to discuss nurses pay, says union boss

Unions won’t ‘blink first’, insists Unite chief – as RCN warns of January strikes if no pay talks

Wales Online

Health Secretary is 'holding the country to ransom', insists union boss

Unite leader says Steve Barclay will get a 'rude awakening' if he refuses to negotiate on NHS pay

The Independent UK

Union boss warns Barclay will ‘carry the can’ if patients suffer due to strikes

Unite union leader Sharon Graham said the Health Secretary will get a ‘rude awakening’ if he refuses to negotiate on pay.

Daily Mirror

Cold hearted Tories putting lives at risk by refusing to talk to NHS strikers

Unite boss Sharon Graham has told the Mirror that Steve Barclay will 'carry the can' for any deaths during the nurses' strike due to his refusal to open pay negotiations

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