UK Economy: Summer of Discontent Ahead? - Evening Standard

Jun 16, 2017, 01:06 PM

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Watch Simon English, Senior City Correspondent at The Evening Standard and Tip TV CEO Nick Batsford discuss a potential ‘Summer of Discontent Ahead’ - possibility of widespread strikes by workers demanding larger pay rises. “A lot of strike action is already happening”, says English.

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