Fresh ambulance strikes in England and Wales

Ambulance workers in England and Wales are staging a fresh strike today in the escalating dispute over pay and staffing.

It comes after British Chancellor Jeremy Hunt was told he can halt industrial action and begin solving the staffing emergency if he comes up with new money to pay health workers"fairly".

Porters, cleaners, nurses, midwives, healthcare assistants, theatre staff and other NHS workers at the Liverpool University Hospitals Trust and the city's Heart and Chest Hospital are also out on strike. "Higher wages would stop experienced employees leaving for better paid jobs and encourage more people to come and work in the NHS.

"As health secretary, he negotiated the wage deal to end the 2015 NHS strike and pushed for fair pay when Health Select Committee chair. But as Chancellor he's chosen to forget all that.

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