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they have a manifesto promise of what they called minimum service levels. a sort of guarantee that the most important things will happen on the rail. freight, for example. can they make that happen or can you stop them? indie they make that happen or can you stop them? stop them? we don t want that to ha en. if stop them? we don t want that to happen- if they stop them? we don t want that to happen. if they bring stop them? we don t want that to happen. if they bring in stop them? we don t want that to | happen. if they bring in legislation to change what you can do, and there are countries that have this, they will take away the right to strike. there is no point having a strike if it has no effect. people may not like that but it is simply the chemistry of how a dispute works. in industries where you go on strike and it sjust industries where you go on strike and it s just a industries where you go on strike and it sjust a protest, instead outside the building for an hour or t
another example of failing us to protect themselves. one more, one thing that would make a massive difference to many people would be for the government to honour their manifesto promise to maintain the triple lock on pensions rather than scrapping it. sarah says, as far as the cost of living crisis goes, benefits need to increase. i put that to one of the gas earlier, should there be more help in terms of benefits rather than a one off when full tax to help. sarah says, i get a personal independence payment as unable to work, partner works full time and we can play nothing else. he has recently had a pay rise but it is already being swallowed up by the increase in costs for everything. thank you very much for sending your comments in and do keep them coming in on twitter. i will read out some more a little later. concerns raised by the families of two children, months before they were murdered by their parents partners, were not taken seriously enough by child protection profe