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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”

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…

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

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