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Grant Shapps unveils anti-strike law today and says trains don't need ticket collectors

Business Secretary Grant Shapps will publish his Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill today to combat what he called 'forever strikes' - as he launched a new war of words on rail workers

Daily Mirror

Watch: Nicola Sturgeon says it’s a ‘priority’ to avoid NHS strikes

Efforts to prevent strikes in Scotland’s NHS are ongoing but will be “very, very hard”, Nicola Sturgeon has said. The First Minister reiterated that there is no more money available this year for an enhanced pay offer. Health Secretary Humza Yousaf said he had been in talks with union leaders,…

Evening Standard

The Standard View: Welcome change of tone over NHS pay

A chink of optimism is how the general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing described the effect of the Prime Minister’s overtures to NHS staff this weekend. And indeed, the shift in tone from the Government’s previous rhetoric about strike bans is welcome. Today the Health Secretary Steve Barclay…

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The Thatcherites hounding Sunak over strikes forget one thing: she picked her battles

MPs want the prime minister to win the health and rail disputes. But his options are limited, says Katy Balls, political editor of the Spectator

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak ‘considers one-off payment for NHS staff to end strikes’

PM declines to rule out one-off hardship payment, as health secretary meets union bosses

The Independent UK

Nursing union has ‘chink of optimism’ over Sunak’s ‘little pay shift’

Royal College of Nursing general secretary Pat Cullen will be among the union leaders meeting Steve Barclay for talks on Monday.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak refuses to accept NHS in crisis and won’t say if he uses private GP

PM says he wants ‘two-way conversation’ with unions on next year’s pay process

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Rishi Sunak refuses 3 times to say if he uses private healthcare in toe-curling interview

The millionaire Prime Minister claimed it was not 'relevant' and told people to stop 'bandying around' claims 300 are dying a week - as a nurse goes home and cries every night

Daily Mirror

BMA chairman expects junior doctors to vote for strike next week

Union hopes members will give ‘positive’ response to proposal of three-day strike

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak refuses to rule out NHS staff getting sacked in his strike crackdown

PM Rishi Sunak swerved questions on what his 'minimum service levels' for striking staff will mean in the health service - including if workers could be sacked

Daily Mirror

Nurses’ union suggests Government meet it halfway on 19% pay rise demand

The union could be willing to accept a pay rise of about 10%.

Evening Standard

Nurses' union could accept pay rise of 10% - about half their original demand

The Royal College for Nursing could be willing to accept a 10% rise in their pay, having previously asked for 19%, after union leader Pat Cullen asked the government to meet them "halfway"

Daily Mirror

Nurses’ union urges Government meet it halfway on 19% pay rise demand

Pat Cullen, general secretary of the Royal College for Nursing (RCN) said the 19% rise demand is a "starting point"

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Nurses’ union ‘could accept 10% pay rise’

RCN leader Pat Cullen says 19% demand is just a ‘starting point’ and calls on government to meet it ‘halfway’

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Nursing union ‘could accept 10% pay deal’ to prevent further strikes

General Secretary Pat Cullen says she could ‘meet Government half way’

The Guardian - UK

Tory plans for anti-strike law covering NHS and teachers ‘wrong and illegal’, says TUC – as it happened

The proposed legislation aims to enforce ‘minimum service levels’ in six key public services

The Independent UK

Health unions angry at prospect of capping NHS pay rises at 2%

Unions said to believe Health Secretary Steve Barclay wants to restrict next year’s award for NHS staff to 2 per cent

Daily Mirror

'NHS can't put up with another year like the last but the Government won't listen'

As Royal College of Nursing general secretary Pat Cullen says, people will “no longer tolerate a financial knife edge at home and a raw deal at work”

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Junior doctor strike fears as two thirds of medics consider leaving NHS jobs

A survey by the British Medical Association also showed that 79% of respondents said they 'often think about leaving the NHS' as the union prepares to ballot tens of thousands on strike action in the second week of January

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Britain’s health workers announce more strikes for 2023

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says he is ‘sad’ and ‘disappointed’ about widespread strikes but refuses to negotiate.

Daily Record

Unions accuse Scottish Government of 'imposing' pay rises on NHS workers

The offer has been rejected by members of the GMB, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) and the Royal College of Midwives (RCM), while Unite and Unison accepted it.

Nottingham Post

Nottingham hospitals will not be affected by fresh nurse strikes

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) announced its members would walk out on January 18 and 19 across 55 trusts

Evening Standard

Ambulance workers' strike suspended as nurses prepare for two new walkouts in January

A planned post-Christmas strike by ambulance workers in the GMB union has been suspended after “amazing” public support for industrial action this week, it has been announced.But the Royal College of Nursing announced new strikes in January as it seeks to force the Government to negotiate a new pay offer…

Daily Mirror

NHS facing its 'darkest Christmas to date' thanks to Strep A, Covid, flu and strikes

Last week figures reveal that one in four ambulance patients in England waited more than an hour to be given to A&E teams at hospitals, whilst the number of patients with flu and Strep A skyrockets

Liverpool Echo

Nurses will step up strikes with 48-hour walk-out in January

Newly announced dates will be escalation of action this month

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