RMT head defends rail strikes and brands mini-budget an “ideological experiment”

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'[The mini-budget] has just made the uber rich even more rich, while our members will face escalating bills.” General Secretary of RMT Union Mick Lynch slams government over public spending cuts. benkentish

Mr Lynch took a stand against the words expressed by Levelling Up Secretary Simon Clarke. Mr Clarke had recently told The Times that, “we have been living in a fools’ paradise for too long and need to cut public spending, including the welfare state.”

This weekend’s rail strikes are due to disrupt the London Marathon and the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham. The government’s new economic guidelines which include cuts to the welfare state, benefits, and income tax were met with widespread outrage and have left Truss’ government in a precarious position as theIt was revealed on Thursday 29th September that the Labour party had gained a 33-point lead over the ruling Conservatives in a new YouGov poll.

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