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Striking union members should ‘get back to work’, says Liz Truss

Avanti West Coast train at Birmingham New Street station
Union members at 14 train operating companies, including Avanti West Coast, are due to go on strike at the beginning of October. Photograph: Andy Gibson/Alamy

Liz Truss has told striking workers to “get back to work” as she doubled down on her pledge to bring in measures to limit industrial action within weeks of coming to power.

The prime minister suggested that a planned wave of strikes by workers ranging from train drivers to barristers, risked holding the country back during the toughest economic climate in a generation.

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