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UK government could bring in military to ease strikes, Conservative chairman says

FILE PHOTO: Bitish Minister without Portfolio Nadhim Zahawi looks on outside Number 10 Downing Street, in London, Britain November 1, 2022. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo

Britain's government is looking at bringing in the military to help keep public services running if key workers, including in the state-run National Health Service, take strike action, the chairman of the governing Conservative Party said on Sunday.

Britain is already grappling with industrial action in a range of sectors, but now faces strikes by thousands of nurses in England and ambulance workers in England and Wales who plan to walk out later this month over pay and conditions.

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