Sunak Plans Imminent UK Strike Law and Urges Unions to Talk
- Britain facing strikes by rail, nursing, ambulance staff
- Labour’s Starmer vows to repeal strike law if elected
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The UK government will unveil legislation in the coming weeks to set minimum service levels in essential sectors, while inviting trade unions in for new talks to discuss public sector pay settlements in 2023-24.
The law would enforce a minimum level of service for fire, ambulance and rail services and a bill would be introduced to Parliament in the weeks ahead, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy said in a statement.