A nightmare before Christmas faces Rishi Sunak, poorly-paid strikers and the wider public as an avalanche of walkouts continues this week.
Nurses, paramedics, Border Force, driving examiners and DWP staff are all downing tools before Christmas Day, not to mention the railways.
And more dates are to follow - a firefighters’ ballot comes back next month, and many civil servant members of the PCS are still working out when they’ll stage industrial action.
