Rishi Sunak is trying to split Labour with anti-strike legislation
But the balance of power has shifted towards the opposition.
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Rachel Wearmouth
Rachel Wearmouth joined the New Statesman as deputy political editor in 2022, having previously worked as senior political correspondent at the Daily Mirror and political correspondent at HuffPost UK.
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