Party says government has failed and calls for MPs to return on Monday ahead of Ofgem price announcement
Railway reforms will be imposed if workers do not agree to new deals, the transport secretary Grant Shapps has said.
The Conservative party has repeatedly targeted unions with criticism, in a move that the Trades Union Congress has argued it is deliberately “picking a fight” for electoral purposes.
The deal that is on the table actually means largely no compulsory redundancies at all.
If [the unions] are not prepared to put that deal to your membership we will never know whether members would accept it.
Across Britain, people are having to make unthinkable choices about how to pay their bills, causing endless worry for households and businesses.
In seven days, Ofgem will announce the rise of the energy price cap. Against the backdrop of a rise in inflation to 10.1%, this won’t just send households into a further spiral of worry, pushing them to cut back even further ahead of the winter. But it will create another shock for our economy.
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