Is the government changing tactics on striking workers? Transport secretary Mark Harper MP has given “permission” for rail companies to make union bosses a new offer in strike negotiations. JaneDodgeC4 reports.
And in an escalation of pressure, the Royal College of Nursing says it will ask twice as many of its members to go on strike at the beginning of February.
But negotiations to end the ongoing train strikes may be entering a new phase after the Transport Secretary says he’s given train operators his ‘permission’ to make a new offer to the unions.
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