00:00Keir Starmer has made offers to junior doctors and has left train drivers in which he hopes
00:08to bring a stop to the worst period of industrial action in a generation.
00:13Ending years of walkouts, the Labour Party have managed to fund public sector pay deals,
00:19finding outcomes all sides were happy to accept.
00:22They say that they were sticking to their promises made when they were in opposition.
00:27But the Tories say that they have lost control of these negotiations.
00:32In the words of James Cleverley, they have been played by the union paymasters.
00:37Junior doctors have made a deal worth 22% more on average over two years and the as-left
00:44train drivers got around a 5% backdated pay rise.
00:48The Tories have accused Labour of being naive when it comes to these agreements, warning
00:53that other unions will threaten action to get similar payments to those ones.
00:59And we are seeing signs of that.
01:01The RMT, another rail union, is seeking parity with the as-left train driver offer.
01:07And despite that pay deal, as-left are still planning strikes.
01:11These are on the LNER trains which operate on the east coast mainline between London
01:17and Edinburgh.
01:18They say this is in a separate dispute over working conditions.
01:22Meanwhile, Border Force officers at Heathrow Airport plan to walk out at the end of August
01:28and GPs are threatening action if an 11% pay rise isn't met.
01:34That's according to some reports.
01:36So where does this leave Starmer and the Chancellor?
01:40They promised to improve industrial relations and public services, but if the strikes go
01:45ahead or not, either way it seems that it could be costly for the government and the
01:50public purse.
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