BREAKING: New figures have revealed 417,000 working days were lost to strikes in October 2022, the highest number in 11 years.
Strikes at the Department for Work and Pensions, the Highways Agency and among driving examiners have already been announced.
Around 40,000 civil servants are using food banks and workers ‘have no option’ but to walk out, the general secretary of the Public and Commercial Services union said. Mark Serwotka cautioned last week: ‘This is a crisis… PCS members come to me, sometimes in tears, saying they can’t afford to put food on the table.’Got a story? Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at
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