Strikes

Downing Street has criticised Gary Neville for drawing parallels between strike action in the UK to Qatar’s poor record on human rights. The football pundit caused caused controversy after he…

Cabinet minister Oliver Dowden has clashed with the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg over the claim that granting public sector pay rises would make households £1,000 worse off. The government is grappling…

A public sector strike is scheduled to take place on every day for the second half of December – and workers have suggested they won’t be backing down soon. As…

Charts tracking public sector (and private sector) pay over the last 12 years explain exactly why so many industries are striking right now. From December 13 onwards, there will be…

The public frustration over this winter’s strikes should be aimed at the government, not workers, a union boss claimed. Border Force employees have just joined the growing number of public…

Ambulance workers have become the latest to confirm that they will go on strike in the run-up to Christmas as the UK’s winter of discontent deepens. The GMB, Unison and…

Angela Rayner has defended the rail workers’ unions which will be striking over Christmas by pointing out that the “system is completely broken”. Speaking the day after the Rail, Maritime…

Grant Shapps has just lashed out at the unions behind the strikes, accusing them of “grandstanding” and causing “maximum disruption” to hard working people. The business secretary’s remarks come as…

Rail workers have voted for another six months of strikes in their ongoing dispute over pay and conditions. The RMT union announced that 91.6% of members taking part in a…

The RMT has cancelled three rail strikes planned over the next week after a breakthrough in negotiations. Workers had been due to walk out tomorrow, November 7 and November 9…