Stephen Kinnock claimed that England had been “left with no choice” but to draft in army personnel to cover for striking ambulance drivers, border staff and civil servants
Kinnock also told Times Radio: “Sometimes you have to withdraw your labour, that is when you’ve got to a point where you’ve got a Government that is just deliberately sowing the seeds of division, making no attempt to engage because they have a political agenda, which is to turn all of this into a culture war.
Dowden claimed that if everyone in the public sector were to receive a pay rise in line with CPI inflation next year, based on current levels, that would cost £28 billion, or families £1000 each. On the “But in return, the unions need to be fair and reasonable. They should call off these strikes and give people a break.”In England, arrangements have been made for 1200 troops from the Army, Navy and RAF to help mitigate disruption from widespread walkouts over the festive period, with more than 1000 civil servants also drafted in to lend a hand.
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