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watching in the uk or around the world. in the latest in a wave of disputes and industrial action affecting the uk, barristers in england and wales have voted to go on an all out strike next month, with almost 80% of those who took part in the ballot in favour of an escalation of action. the criminal bar association wants a 25% pay rise for legal aid work, when lawyers act for people who can t otherwise afford representation. the union rejected a 15% rise from the end of september, which the government says would see the average barrister earn around £7,000 more a year. there have been a number of walkouts in recent weeks, disrupting more than 6,000 cases. now members say they ll stage an indefinite, uninterrupted strike from the 5th september. meanwhile dock workers at the uk s largest container port, felixstowe, are on strike for the first time in 30 years after rejecting a 7% pay offer.
this is bbc news. the headlines at 11. the summer wave of industrial action in the uk continues with barristers to go on an indefinite, uninterrupted strike in england and wales from next month. barristers have been saying this for years, that if you do not invest, people walk away. courts have been closed down, simply weren t enough judges sitting. so the backlog has built up and built up and we are now unfortunately at a critical point. it s the latest in a series of strikes across industries over the summer. the government say the barristers decision today is wholly unjustified . the labour leader has called for action. we wa nt we want to resolve these issues. the government is sitting on its hands doing absolutely nothing. the battle to become the uk s prime minister. conservative leadership candidate rishi sunak accuses his rival
put the proposal on the table to freeze energy prices because that is one way of ensuring not only that those prices do go up this winter but we bring inflation down. 0ur but we bring inflation down. our plan to freeze prices means inflation comes down by 4% which is a big driver of many of these issues, so we want to resolve these issues, so we want to resolve these issues and the government is sitting on its hands doing absolutely nothing. 50 on its hands doing absolutely nothini. ,, ., ., ,, nothing. so keir starmer talking more broadly nothing. so keir starmer talking more broadly about nothing. so keir starmer talking more broadly about wages i nothing. so keir starmer talking more broadly about wages and l more broadly about wages and inflation, but with criminal barristers is about legal aid and ongoing issues. let s speak now with sir bob neill, chair of the justice committee in the parliament and conservative mp for bromley and chislehurst. thank you very much forjoining u