Struggling workers have this year suffered the worst wage growth in nearly half a century, unions’ chiefs revealed.
And as industrial action grows across the country, No10 was accused of deliberately scuppering pay deals to pick a fight with those trying to improve poor wages.
Yesterday trains stood empty in depots on the first day of a 48-hour strike by rail workers and undelivered mail piled up at sorting offices ahead of a walkout today by staff.
