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Paramedics 'don't want to strike' but patients 'will die' if crisis continues

Unison chief says government has let NHS drift into a dire state and striking is the only way to make sure things don't become 'more dangerous' on the frontline

Daily Mirror

Emergency Cobra meeting called over walkouts - full list of UK December strike dates

Cabinet Office Minister Oliver Dowden will convene the Government's emergencies committee to discuss contingency plans for walkouts by staff, including nurses, paramedics, rail workers and Border Force officials

Daily Mirror

Minister backs curbing right to strike of more public sector workers in UK

Education secretary Gillian Keegan suggests NHS staff could be put on same footing as police officers and military

The Guardian - UK

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Unions tell ministers to stop ‘hiding behind’ pay review bodies in strike talks

TUC and Unison say government is not negotiating in good faith, while PM accuses union leaders of being ‘unreasonable’

The Guardian - UK

Union leader urges troops not to ‘strike break’ ahead of airports walkout

Call comes as TUC boss demands ‘meaningful’ talks on pay with chancellor Jeremy Hunt

The Independent UK

Ministers accused of ‘spoiling for a fight’ with nurses over pay

While health secretary Steve Barclay says he will not negotiate, unions suggest the compromise reached in Scotland could help avert strikes

The Guardian - UK

Who are the female union leaders overseeing UK strike action?

Four women at some of the biggest unions are on the frontline of the fight for better pay and conditions

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Minister in charge of hospitals said healthcare is 'natural place to start' with cuts

Steve Barclay said just two months ago that he had instructed department heads within the health service to release information on how much their teams cost, telling a right-wing thinktank that the health service is a "natural place to start" looking for savings

Daily Mirror

Jeremy Hunt ‘accepts picture’ of NHS on brink of collapse, but efficiencies must be found

Chancellor warns health service has to help fix UK’s broken economy despite facing ‘massive pressures’

The Guardian - UK

Union boss accuses Tories of deliberately 'running down' NHS so someone can take it over

Christina McAnea, the leader of Britain's biggest trade union who is balloting NHS staff over strike action, made the suggestion saying 'excuse me for sounding like a conspiracy theorist, but I have heard so many people say it now'

Daily Mirror

Union leader accuses UK Government of ‘deliberately running down’ NHS amid pay row

Christina McAnea, general secretary of Unison, said she fears the path is being laid for an “organisation” to be appointed to take over the NHS

The National (Scotland)

Union leader accuses Government of ‘deliberately running down’ NHS

Christina McAnea said she fears an ‘organisation’ will take over the health service.

The Independent UK

NHS staff ‘are quitting to work in Tesco because it pays better’ union chief warns

Unison general secretary decries ‘dreadful situation’ for public sector workers

The Independent UK

Biggest NHS union ballots staff over strike action

Unison will ballot 330,000 of its members in a dispute over pay

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The Independent UK

NHS facing mass staff walkouts this winter as unions hold votes on coordinated strike action

TUC meeting in Brighton ahead of ballot of 400,000 Unison healthcare workers

The Guardian - UK

Endemic low pay threatens future of NHS, says union boss

Unison’s Christina McAnea says winter strikes appear likely as only way for workers to get message across

The Independent UK

Nurses, ambulance staff and hospital cleaners balloted on strike action

Unison said 400,000 NHS staff are voting on industrial action in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

The National (Scotland)

Union leader: Downing Street sees us as the ‘enemy within’

THE head of the UK’s largest trade union is to attack Downing Street for seeing it as the “enemy within”, in contrast to the inclusive…

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Wales Online

Tory chairman tells hard-up Brits to 'get new job or cut consumption'

Jake Berry's comments were reminiscent of Norman Tebbit's 'get on your bike' speech from decades ago

Daily Mirror

Anger as Tory chairman says Brits who can't afford bills can cut spending or get new job

Jake Berry was accused of 'living on another planet' after he made the comment while defending tax cuts for the rich in Liz Truss’s mini-Budget

The Independent UK

Unions demand ‘cast iron guarantee’ of no more cuts to services

Liz Truss has signalled that Whitehall departments will have to find ‘efficiency’ savings as the Treasury says there will be no more cash.

Daily Mirror

'Use Tory tax cut cash to pay carers a decent wage', says Labour's Andy Burnham

The Greater Manchester Metro Mayor delivered a stinging verdict on last week's "obscene" mini-Budget

The Independent UK

Union calls on new PM to impose £30bn tax on rich to save frontline workers from cost-of-living disaster

Poll shows backing for wealth tax on property worth over £5m

The Guardian - UK

‘People are much angrier now’: why Britain is going on strike

New wave of union leaders, such as RMT’s Mick Lynch and Unite’s Sharon Graham, have galvanised workers

The Independent UK

Union fury over threat to right to strike, as rail dispute hits millions

‘Fierce and prolonged resistance’: Clampdown on industrial action branded anti-democratic

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