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UK sets out planned change to law to minimise impact of strikes

FILE PHOTO: RMT union members picket outside Victoria Station, on the first day of national rail strike, in London, Britain June 21, 2022. REUTERS/John Sibley

The British government set out planned changes to law on Thursday that would make it easier for businesses to use temporary staff to minimise the impact of strike action.

Britain's rail network was brought close to a standstill on Tuesday as 40,000 workers walked out in a dispute over pay and trade unions have warned the country faces a summer of disruption as workers struggling with the mounting cost of living threaten industrial action.

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