The winner of the race to become the next UK prime minister is set for a clash with increasingly militant unions after both candidates vowed to take a hard line on the prospect of widespread industrial unrest in the months ahead.
With all the main unions demanding higher pay for their members to counter spiralling inflation, Liz Truss, the frontrunner in the race has courted comparisons with former prime minister Margaret Thatcher, the strike-busting darling of the Conservative right.
She has pledged legislation to curb a wave of industrial action and prevent the public “being held to ransom by militant unions”. Her rival Rishi Sunak has promised to “stop the unions holding working people to ransom” if elected.
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