The big risk for Rishi Sunak is that the country is failing to function properly and the government is impotent to do anything about it, says Sky's Rob Powell.
For a politician fond of talking about his years in tech-loving California, Rishi Sunak's premiership has so far been less"move fast and break things" - as the Silicon Valley mantra goes - and more"take your time and fix stuff".This week, most people will feel the impact of strikes in one way or another as rail workers, posties and nurses all stage walk outs.
While Health Secretary Steve Barclay has said his door is open for talks, the mood music isn't great. But while ministers are holding firm on their refusal to look again at pay, Labour's position appears to have evolved slightly.After saying earlier this week that there was a case to revisit wages, given soaring inflation, the shadow health secretary today confirmed he would beThat said, Wes Streeting is still refusing to put a figure on any settlement and has said nurses' demands of around 17% are unaffordable.
Forty MPs from the Conservative Way Forward group have written to the Chancellor expressing concern over public spending on so-called"woke" projects, given current levels of taxation.'Will health secretary talk to nurses to avert strikes?'
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