Transport Secretary Admits Future Public Sector Strikes Will Be ‘Necessary’ – Guido Fawkes

Transport Secretary Admits Future Public Sector Strikes Will Be ‘Necessary’

In an argument over tax rises at the last Budget on Politics Live today transport secretary Heidi Alexander defended payouts to strikers:

“I’m not going to apologise for resolving the industrial action on the railways or in our hospitals, because that’s a huge problem for people across the country and our public sector workers got a decent pay rise for the first time in years.“

She also admitted to Gareth Davies: “As someone who has run a public service before there will be occasions on which strikes will be necessary because the trade unions…”

Her justification for paying £9 billion in payouts was: “rolling national strikes on the railways cost the taxpayer over two years £850 million in lost revenue.” As opposed to the £9 billion Reeves signed away in one swish of the Treasury pen. And the UK gets more strikes for the pleasure…