Mandatory Credit: Photo by Tayfun Salci/ZUMA Press Wire/REX/Shutterstock (13709862y) Ambulance workers are seen at picket line outside London Ambulance Service as thousands of Unison and GMB union members go on strike in UK. Ambulance Staff Strike In The UK, London, England, United Kingdom - 11 Jan 2023 Photograph: Tayfun Salcı/ZUMA Press Wire/REX/Shutterstock
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In a bid to restate the Conservative party’s reputation as the party of “fiscal responsibility” and “economic competence”, the government took a hardline position last year against pay rises for public sector workers despite high inflation rates and worsening working conditions. Instead of negotiating with unions, ministers have gone the other way, ushering in new anti-strike legislation to settle the resulting industrial disputes that have, at points, ground the country to a halt.
