Teachers, London Underground train drivers and civil servants join striking doctors in a mass stoppage, just as UK government unveils tax and spending plans
Teachers, London Underground train drivers and civil servants have joined striking doctors in a mass stoppage, just as Britain's Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt unveiled his tax and spending plans.
"The government are not listening, so this is what we have to do," Jil Gant, 59, who works for the prison service, told the AFP news agency at a protest in front of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Downing Street office. Other groups staging stoppages on Wednesday included UK university staff and BBC journalists in England.
Public and Commercial Services Union [PCS] General Secretary Mark Serwotka said it was a scandal that some of those administering government services were now so poorly paid they were forced to rely on handouts themselves."Doctors are on strike in our hospitals, train drivers are on strike. Teachers are on strike. I believe that for the first time in years, opinion polls show there's a lot of support for strikes," Serwotka told AFP.
"I have considered leaving teaching but I love my job. That's why I'm here today, to make sure that things are better for other teachers to come," he said at a huge gathering of striking teachers in central London.
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