BBCNEWS Breakfast June 4, 2024 06:40:00
To ask for too high pay rises? broadly, yes. really? in the sense of saying we do need to see moderation of wage rises. now, that is painful. an unusually blunt acknowledgement of yet another battle raging in the british economy. after a decade of stagnation, many workers, including those in the public sector, are unlikely and unwilling to allow another fall in their living standards. a fresh wave of strike action on the railways, causing huge disruption. we understand the anger caused by the disruption of the stoppages, of course, but we are getting a lot of support from the public. there isn...