Mick Lynch: Government has “a Stalinist obsession” over strike negotiations
Speaking to MPs, Lynch put the blame for prolonged industrial action firmly at the government’s door.
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Harry Clarke-Ezzidio
Harry Clarke-Ezzidio is a policy reporter at the New Statesman.
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