Rishi Sunak should "come clean" about whether he truly intends to negotiate on pay for ambulance workers and NHS staff.
That's the message from UNISON's regional general secretary Clare Williams on a day which has yet again seen thousands of paramedics and ambulance service staff head for the picket lines. The pay dispute between the workers - and other NHS staff such as nurses - appears no closer to ending than it did when the first strikes took place in December.
As she visited picket lines around the North East, Clare Williams told ChronicleLive she hoped the Government would "come to the negotiating table" - but with there being "little movement" in the Government position since previous strikes, it was time for the Prime Minister to be clear about his intentions.