{"id":268,"date":"2022-12-20T13:05:31","date_gmt":"2022-12-20T13:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/rishi-sunak-refusing-to-budge-on-pay-as-strike-action-escalates\/"},"modified":"2022-12-20T13:05:31","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T13:05:31","slug":"rishi-sunak-refusing-to-budge-on-pay-as-strike-action-escalates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/rishi-sunak-refusing-to-budge-on-pay-as-strike-action-escalates\/","title":{"rendered":"Rishi Sunak refusing to budge on pay as strike action escalates"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rishi Sunak refusing to budge on pay as strike action escalates<\/p>\n

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By Kate Whannel<\/div>\n
Political reporter, BBC News<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Rishi Sunak has insisted he will not back down against striking workers, as nurses walk out in England, Northern Ireland and Wales for a second day. <\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Nurses’ union boss Pat Cullen has urged the prime minister to resolve the crisis before Christmas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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But there is no sign of a breakthrough between the sides.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In a Mail interview, the prime minister indicated he would rather accept widespread disruption than increase pay and risk fuelling inflation. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The UK is facing its biggest week of industrial strikes in recent history in the run up to Christmas, with ambulance workers, customs and immigration staff, bus drivers and postal workers all staging walk outs. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The armed forces have been drafted in to cover some jobs – but concern is growing about Wednesday’s ambulance drivers strike in England and Wales, with a health minister warning people to avoid “risky activity”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Head of the NHS confederation, and a former Labour adviser, Matthew Taylor has warned that hospital leaders “cannot guarantee patient safety” during the strikes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In a letter to Mr Sunak, he said: “It is clear that we have entered dangerous territory and we hope this warning from NHS leaders should serve to focus minds in government and in the unions that a swift resolution to this damaging dispute is needed.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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