British prime minister under growing pressure to negotiate with striking health workers
It came as last-minute talks between the health secretary, Steve Barclay, and the health unions broke down without any resolution, with Unite saying that the negotiations had been “pointless” as the Tory politician had refused to discuss pay.
He told public sector workers considering strike action this Christmas: “I’ve acknowledged it is difficult, it’s difficult for everybody, because inflation is where it is. And the best way to help them and help everyone else in the country is for us to get a grip and reduce inflation as quickly as possible.
Elsewhere in the session, Mr Sunak repeatedly refused to comment on speculation that he plans to remove the UK from the European Convention on Human Rights so as to avoid legal challenges to his stated plan to stop refugees who arrive in the UK via unofficial means from being allowed to stay, irrespective of their circumstances.
Questioned a series of times about whether he planned to leave the European Convention on Human Rights, Mr Sunak told the MPs they would need to wait to see planned legislation, the outlines of which had been due before Christmas but have been delayed.
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