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Tory attempts to paint NHS strikes as helping Putin are ‘new low for this government,’ union say
Minister without portfolio Nadhim Zahawi leaves Downing Street, London, after a Cabinet meeting
TORY attempts to use the war in Ukraine to justify yet more real-terms pay cuts for public workers is a “new low for this government,” unions stressed today.
The charge came after Conservative Party chairman Nadhim Zahawi claimed inflation-proof wage boosts would further stoke rising prices amid Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ongoing assault on Kiev.
The former education secretary also told the BBC’s Sunday Morning programme that upcoming national strikes across the NHS and the rail network during the festive period would be “unfair.”
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