Union warnings of strike action in key public sectors are coupled with fears of schools funding crisis
Talks over crucial pay deals and funding across the public sector are being damaged by government paralysis as a result of the Tory leadership race, senior teachers and doctors have warned.
Autumn and the new year could see an unprecedented wave of strike action among teaching staff and doctors after a pay deal that is set to see their wages falling in real terms in the face of the cost of living crisis. There have also been warnings that the failure to provide extra funding for the increases will plunge public services deeper into crisis.
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