News Nowak demands “urgent meeting” with Sunak to resolve public sector strikes TUC general secretary Paul Nowak has demanded an “urgent meeting” with Rishi Sunak about strikes by public sector… Katie Neame 3rd January, 2023, 10:30 pm
News RCN announces two days of strikes in “escalation” of dispute with government The Royal College of Nursing has announced two days of industrial action in January in what the union… Katie Neame 23rd December, 2022, 1:02 pm
News More than half of voters blame government for nurses strikes, poll finds More than half of voters blame the government for nurses going on strike, a poll has found on… Katie Neame 20th December, 2022, 8:11 pm
Daily email Strikes dominate the news agenda as Labour wins in Stretford and Urmston Andrew Western has won the Stretford and Urmston by-election – in a second by-election victory in as many weeks for Labour. Western, who… Katie Neame 16th December, 2022, 10:39 am
News Almost two-thirds of voters support nurses striking over pay, poll finds Almost two-thirds of voters support nurses going on strike over pay, a poll has found on the first… Katie Neame 15th December, 2022, 7:06 pm
Comment PMQs: Starmer’s middle-road stance on strikes leaves him open to attack Rishi Sunak has “curled up in a ball and gone into hibernation” Keir Starmer argued during Prime Minister’s… Katie Neame 14th December, 2022, 2:30 pm
Daily email The cost pressures behind the strikes remain despite the falling inflation rate UK inflation fell to 10.7% in November – down from 11.1% in the previous month, the sharpest rate of decline… Katie Neame 14th December, 2022, 10:40 am
News Sunday shows: Inflation-level pay rises in public sector “unaffordable”, Nandy says Sophy Ridge on Sunday Shadow Levelling Up Secretary Lisa Nandy told viewers this morning that pay rises for… Elliot Chappell & Katie Neame 27th November, 2022, 10:48 am
News RCN strike is “badge of shame” for Conservative government, Starmer says Keir Starmer has described the confirmation that nurses will go on strike for two days next month as… Elliot Chappell 25th November, 2022, 2:11 pm
Daily email To be the “party of working people”, Labour must take a stand on strikes The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has announced that members will go on strike for the first time in the… Katie Neame 25th November, 2022, 10:51 am