Labour's shadow chancellor says the government should focus on why key workers are taking industrial action, rather than pushing for legislation
Earlier, shadow health secretary Wes Streeting said he thought ministers had"deliberately spoilt for a fight" with health workers taking strike action, saying at an Institute for Public Policy Research event the government"don't have a plan for the NHS this winter".
Mr Streeting appeared to go further than his colleague when it came to what Labour would do to end the industrial action, hinting they would be willing to raise the pay offers on the table. "I appreciate the pressure the public finances are under, I appreciate the government is now facing action on pretty much every front, but we have got to see, particularly, pay in the NHS and social care, as retention issues as much as anything else.
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