we want to emphasise the need for us to give our staff a pay increase, but we cannot afford that without the level of reform that can try and stop us having to take additionalfunding from the taxpayer, especially in this challenging time. the industry helps to arrange fresh talks next week and without a breakthrough strikes seem likely and that is something that businesses make this coffee shop near ashford station in kent are dreading. i have sympathy for them and i know that they re out there for a reason, but it is affecting our business. there s only so long we can carry on in this situation with it hurting so much. separately the rmt which represents other rail workers is getting feedback from its members on the opposite has received so far before its committee decides what to do next. joining me now is our political correspondent, jonathan blake. there s railways, teachers and more nhs strikes to come. where does this
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go now? the datesjust nhs strikes to come. where does this go now? the dates just keep coming. they do, and despite the continued industrial action and the promised strikes in the coming days and weeks, the government is standing firm. there is no sign of a shift at the moment in the overall position that rishi sunak and his government has, and that is to pay public sector workers in line with or even over and above the current rate of inflation would make the problem worse and would cause prices to rise ever higher. that is not a universally held view. it is something which many people argue is not necessarily the case and that the government could, if it chose to, afford to pay nurses, train drivers, teachers and other public sector workers more than they are currently getting and more than the independent pay review body has recommended and the government has