LONDON — As the sun beat down on Tuesday on the English seaside resort of Brighton, gathering union leaders warned of mass winter strikes in the face of Britain’s cost-of-living crisis.
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) conference kicked off with demands that embattled Prime Minister Liz Truss step down.
That coincided with news that coffin makers are the latest UK workers set to strike as their pay fails to keep up with decades-high inflation.
In Brighton, on England’s south coast, the National Education Union’s joint leader was categorical.
“It’s inevitable that Liz Truss will go,” Kevin Courtney told AFP, as the prime minister battled to stabilise her position after an economic crash forced her into humiliating U-turns on tax cuts
“The total loss of credibility she’s had means that there’s no way the Conservative party will have her as their leader when they go into the next general election,” he predicted.
