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Ambulance workers stage latest strike as Hunt urged to fund ‘fair’ pay deal

Unison said the Chancellor must release extra cash and kickstart talks with the health unions.

The Independent UK

Plea to ‘save lives’ by only calling 999 in an emergency during ambulance strike

London Ambulance Service chief excutive says only ‘life and limb threatening’ calls will be responded to during walkout

Evening Standard

Unions could call off strikes if Tory ministers offer NHS staff 10% pay rise

Unite General Secretary Sharon Graham leader said the Government must offer a double-digit pay rise to NHS staff instead of 'dancing round their handbags' as thousands of workers prepare for walkouts

Daily Mirror

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Barclay insists talks ‘constructive’ despite union’s claim that pay not covered

More strike action by ambulance workers this week is ‘hugely disappointing’ and will ‘inevitably’ cause disruption, the Health Secretary said.

The Independent UK

Tory ministers ‘looking to privatise’ NHS, says union boss

Unite general secretary lashes out, before urging to ministers to offer 10% pay rise

The Independent UK

Cost of living crisis: NI care workers stage protests calling for improved mileage rates

They say sharp increases in fuel and maintenance costs over the last 12 months has led to a "cost of fuel crisis"

Belfast Live

Ambulance staff to stage further walkouts over ongoing pay dispute

Ambulance staff in the North West could strike again in February and March

Liverpool Echo

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Environment Agency workers in England go on strike in pay dispute

Automatic warning system activated to issue flood alerts during industrial action by staff on Wednesday

The Guardian - UK

Protesters brave freeze to demonstrate against controversial strikes Bill

The demonstration coincided with the second reading of the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill in Parliament.

The Independent UK

All UK strikes dates from nurses to paramedics as teachers on brink of walkouts

Widespread industrial action shows no sign of abating, with nurses, civil servants and ambulance workers among those set for walkouts in bitter disputes over pay and conditions

Daily Mirror

The strikes set to cause more disruption in days and weeks ahead

Further industrial action is planned by transport, health and education workers

Wales Online

‘People realise what we’re doing is right’: how nurses won PR battle over NHS strikes

Rishi Sunak portrays union chiefs as leftwing militants but some leaders are succeeding in blaming the impasse on No 10 – and half of voters agree

The Guardian - UK

'As NHS staff struggled during Covid, Tories spent money on overpriced or defective PPE'

Of £12billion in PPE contracts doled out as the pandemic took hold, more than a quarter went to Tory donors or the mates of ministers. Conservative Covid cronyism left a bitter aftertaste

Daily Mirror

Revealed: cabinet split over NHS pay disputes piles pressure on Sunak

Health secretary Steve Barclay urges unions to lobby PM over improved pay offer for striking nurses and ambulance workers

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The Guardian - UK

Steve Barclay privately concedes he will have to increase pay offer to NHS staff

The U-turn may help to end wave of strikes, though funding it could require cuts to key services

The Guardian - UK

Fewer people call for ambulances on service’s biggest strike so far

Safety not thought to be affected despite up to 25,000 workers joining picket lines across England and Wales

Manchester Evening News

"It's not just about wages - we're fighting for the NHS!" - The view from the picket line as paramedics take strike action

Paramedics at picket lines in Manchester and Stockport said the crisis in the NHS was behind delays of up to ten hours outside hospital A&E departments

Glasgow Live

Glasgow union leader warns anti-strike bill could spark nationwide action

Proposals to require some public sector staff to continue working during a strike

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Evening Standard

Watch: Thousands of ambulance workers walk out in pay dispute

Up to 25,000 ambulance workers across England and Wales have gone on strike in a dispute with the Government over pay. Paramedics, call handlers, drivers and technicians from the Unison and GMB unions are taking part in staggered strikes across a 24-hour period. It comes as 14 health unions, representing…

Evening Standard

London ambulance worker says they’re striking because ‘there can’t see an end to NHS crisis’

Emergency medical technician Julie Cunnane says paramedics feel ‘guilty’ as they cannot provide good care for patients

Evening Standard

Ambulance crews and 999 handlers strike putting patients at risk, union admits

Deal done so that paramedics will attend life-or-death cases

The Independent UK

NHS: 14 Health unions to boycott pay review until strikes dispute resolved

Unions demand direct pay talks with Rishi Sunak’s ministers

The Independent UK

Thousands of ambulance workers walk out in pay dispute

NHS Providers has warned the health service will be hit harder by Wednesday’s strike than one held in December.

The Independent UK

Thousands of ambulance workers go on strike in dispute over pay

NHS England has told patients to continue to call 999 for life-threatening emergencies but to use 111, GPs and pharmacies for non-urgent needs.

The Independent UK

Revealed: Record 50,000 patients a week face 12-hour A&E waits

Exclusive: ‘This is a crisis, and yet the prime minister still refuses to call it this,’ says Dr Langhor of the British Medical Association

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