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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Rowena Mason, Heather Stewart and Richard Partington

UK healthcare staff call in sick to avoid using car as cost of fuel soars, union says

Person filling up car
A litre of petrol at UK forecourts reached a record 182.3p on Wednesday. Photograph: Sébastien Bozon/AFP/Getty Images

Low-paid health and care workers are calling in sick because they cannot afford to fill their cars with petrol to travel to work, the head of the UK’s largest trade union has warned.

Boris Johnson said on Thursday that the UK economy was “steering into the wind” but cautioned against a “wage-price spiral”, as the cost of a tank of fuel hit a record £100.

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