Chancellor on raising striking public sector workers' wages
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Chancellor on raising striking public sector workers' wages
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt insists raising striking public sector workers' wages could mean "high inflation is entrenched for longer".
Speaking during a visit to a shopping centre in Woking, he says: "The Bank is very clear that wage pressure is one of the risks that could cause inflation to stay around for longer than we want.
We will talk to the unions about absolutely anything except things that will mean high inflation is entrenched for longer.â Report by Patelr.
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The Governmentâs renationalisation of rail services has started as trains operated by South Western Railway (SWR) were taken into public control.
The train operator officially came under public ownership at around 2am on Sunday. The first journey, the 5.36am from Woking, was partly a rail replacement bus service due to engineering works.
Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander, who travelled on the first renationalised departure from London Waterloo, said it was âa new dawn for our railwaysâ.
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Half a Million Workers , Participate in Massive Strikes , Across the UK.
On February 1, the United Kingdom saw thousands
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Striking Border Force officers from the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) join a picket line at the Port of Dover early morning as public sector workers stage the biggest mass walkout in a..