Sunak strike talks: Human costs of not getting around the table have been devastating

Responding to Rishi Sunak announcing he will speak to union leaders on Monday, Liberal Democrat Cabinet Office spokesperson Christine Jardine said:

"This is too little too late. People have already died waiting for ambulances because of these harmful strikes, all because Rishi Sunak refused to get around the table with workers.

"Businesses have lost money and commuters have been unable to get into work after weeks of chaos. The human cost and economic damage of these strikes has been devastating. 

"Rishi Sunak should apologise to the country for taking so long to do the right thing and properly sit down and negotiate. Weeks have been wasted and now the public is exhausted after services kept coming to a standstill. Rishi Sunak is proving to be just like his predecessors by allowing the country to be plunged into chaos. He is just as bad as Boris Johnson and Liz Truss."

ENDS