Britain is bracing for one of the most disruptive weeks of strike action in recent history after the government signalled its determination to face down the unions despite calls for pay negotiations from health leaders and some Conservative MPs.
Nurses, ambulance workers, customs and immigration staff, postal and rail workers will all walk out in the coming days.
Prime minister Rishi Sunak faces a mounting challenge in dealing with the strikes. Some Tory MPs have urged the government to reopen talks on nurses’ pay after health leaders warned that ongoing disruption within the NHS could jeopardise public safety.
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