Shapps declares anti-strike law ‘very moderate’ as No 10 decreases to state the number of employees it would impact– live|Politics

Shapps declares federal government’s anti-strike legislation ‘extremely moderate’

Alan Brown, for the SNP, states the brand-new legislation belongs to a “rightwing culture war” which “stinks”.

He states there are no ambulance strikes in Scotland since the Scottish federal government has actually handled to prevent them.

Mentioning that this is GB-wide legislation, he states the only method Scotland can end up being a nation that appreciates employees’ rights is for it to be independent.

In reaction, Shapps states in some nations the emergency situation services are prohibited from going on strike in the very first location. This is a

technique, he states.

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train or a bus, they can get one. He says the poor are more reliant on public transport.</p>","elementId":"2cde8338-d19c-4b23-ad70-90860da3a170"},{"_type":"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement","html":"<p>He praises the Royal College of Nursing for the way it negotiated minimum service levels with government ahead of its last strike. 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But in the other sectors (other areas of health, education, nuclear decommissioning and border security), although the government will legislate to give itself the power to impose minimum service levels, it will in the first instance try to negotiate voluntary agreements for these with unions. 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But he said the same did not happen with unions representing ambulance staff. 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Last week the government published details of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/10/anti-strike-laws-bill-unions">its planned anti-strike bill</a>, which will require unions to maintain minimum services levels in transport, health, education, fire and rescue, nuclear decommissioning and border security when strikes are taking place. It is highly controversial and today <strong>Grant Shapps</strong>, the business secretary, is publishing the actual bill.</p>","elementId":"52482f74-228c-47a8-952f-e7918ef18009"},{"_type":"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement","html":"<p>It is called the strikes (minimum service levels) bill. Ministers have been arguing that it is all about minimum safety levels, but as the title of the bill shows, it is all about minimum service levels – which means it has wider application.</p>","elementId":"cad16a97-e928-49b2-8b03-a2ee659f0e05"},{"_type":"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement","html":"<p>The legislation builds on measures set out in the transport strikes (minimum service levels) bill, which was published during Liz Truss’s short-lived premiership but which never got debated by MPs. (It has been superseded by the new bill.) In an official impact assessment of the Truss bill, the government warned that this measure could lead to<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2023/jan/06/chief-nurses-union-government-pay-rail-strikes-rishi-sunak-live?page=with:block-63b8226f8f08fc001645372f#block-63b8226f8f08fc001645372f"> “an increased frequency of strikes”.</a> Another risk was unions staging more industrial action just short of a strike, <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1112717/transport-strikes-minimum-service-levels-bill-impact-assessment.pdf">the document said</a>. (Or, in its own words, it said “a further significant unintended consequence of this policy could be the increase in staff taking action short of striking.”)</p>","elementId":"d4b40e43-633d-40f0-91d5-90a2226a59c3"},{"_type":"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement","html":"<p>In an interview on the Today programme this morning, Shapps said he did not accept that the bill would make strikes more likely. When pressed on why the government’s own impact assessment said the opposite, he played down the significance of the document. 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And Steve Barclay, the health secretary, is visiting a 111 call centre.</p>","elementId":"15efb078-a7b6-4b75-a2ab-ff158ee951e5"},{"_type":"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement","html":"<p>I’ll try to monitor the comments below the line (BTL) but it is impossible to read them all. If you have a direct question, do include “Andrew” in it somewhere and I’m more likely to find it. I do try to answer questions, and if they are of general interest I will post the question and reply above the line (ATL), although I can’t promise to do this for everyone.</p>","elementId":"524133b4-c9bb-4192-872a-34cb1395feb6"},{"_type":"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement","html":"<p>If you want to attract my attention quickly, it is probably better to use Twitter. I’m on <a href="https://twitter.com/AndrewSparrow">@AndrewSparrow</a>.</p>","elementId":"d4895b2c-db9e-42eb-ac85-46309011d2a6"},{"_type":"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement","html":"<p>Alternatively, you can email me at <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></p>","elementId":"ede2caf7-5832-495b-b8a5-499c59b5bd61"}],"attributes":{"pinned":false,"keyEvent":true,"summary":false},"blockCreatedOn":1673342274000,"blockCreatedOnDisplay":"09.17 GMT","blockLastUpdated":1673342589000,"blockLastUpdatedDisplay":"09.23 GMT","blockFirstPublished":1673342274000,"blockFirstPublishedDisplay":"09.17 GMT","blockFirstPublishedDisplayNoTimezone":"09.17","title":"Grant Shapps rejects government’s own assessment that anti-strike bill could lead to more strikes","contributors":[],"primaryDateLine":"Tue 10 Jan 2023 13.52 GMT","secondaryDateLine":"First published on Tue 10 Jan 2023 09.17 GMT"}],"filterKeyEvents":false,"id":"key-events-carousel-mobile"}">