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Rishi Sunak has 'abdicated all responsibility' as striking workers 'dying to save NHS'

As ambulance workers walked out on Wednesday, No10 was again accused of blocking any progress as Unite said the Government could have ended strikes but “chose not to”

Daily Mirror · Dec 21, 2022

UK government urges caution amid ambulance strike, warns against sports, getting drunk

Thousands of ambulance workers in Britain began a one-day strike on Wednesday, with unions and the government swapping accusations of blame for putting lives at risk.

Radio France Internationale · Dec 21, 2022

Ambulance drivers on why they are striking

'I am striking to try and sort the NHS out'

Wales Online · Dec 21, 2022

NHS bosses warn of 'extensive disruption' ahead of ambulance and nurses' strikes

Unite boss Sharon Graham said "the unions are not going to blink first"

Liverpool Echo · Dec 19, 2022

Inflation is setting the Government against the workers with toxic results

In October, 417,000 working days were “lost” in the UK thanks to strike action, the highest such loss for around 11 years. Dramatic? Not really. It’s a mere blip relative to periods of industrial unrest in the 20th century. In September 1978, the worst point in the original “winter of…

Evening Standard · Dec 19, 2022

‘You’re doing terrible damage’: Steve Barclay confronted by mother of sick daughter over state of NHS

Health secretary grilled over lack of resources for ‘worked to the bone’ staff

The Independent UK · Dec 19, 2022

Steve Barclay ‘holding country to ransom’ by refusing to discuss nurses pay, says union boss

Unions won’t ‘blink first’, insists Unite chief – as RCN warns of January strikes if no pay talks

The Independent UK · Dec 19, 2022

Health Secretary is 'holding the country to ransom', insists union boss

Unite leader says Steve Barclay will get a 'rude awakening' if he refuses to negotiate on NHS pay

Wales Online · Dec 19, 2022

Union boss warns Barclay will ‘carry the can’ if patients suffer due to strikes

Unite union leader Sharon Graham said the Health Secretary will get a ‘rude awakening’ if he refuses to negotiate on pay.

The Independent UK · Dec 19, 2022

Cold hearted Tories putting lives at risk by refusing to talk to NHS strikers

Unite boss Sharon Graham has told the Mirror that Steve Barclay will 'carry the can' for any deaths during the nurses' strike due to his refusal to open pay negotiations

Daily Mirror · Dec 18, 2022