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Ambulances outside London Ambulance Service NHS Trust control room in Waterloo, London, January 23, 2023
LABOUR must face strike action if it continues Tory delays to NHS pay negotiations, GMB conference heard today.
Delegates backed an emergency motion for the next government to make negotiate pay directly with unions a top priority.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s decision to call a general election delayed negotiations as pay review bodies (PRB) cannot make recommendations during purdah.
Roger McKenzie talks to general secretary of Unison CHRISTINA McANEA about the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on members, the local government funding emergency and the threat of Reform UK
We cannot refuse to abolish the unjustifiable two-child benefit cap that pushes children into poverty while finding billions of pounds for defence spending — the membership and the public expect better from Labour, writes JON TRICKETT MP
