Education secretary Gillian Keegan suggests NHS staff could be put on same footing as police officers and military

A cabinet minister has backed widening the list of workers banned from striking, suggesting it could include NHS staff and others in “critical infrastructure” jobs.

Gillian Keegan, the education secretary, suggested more people might be put on the same footing as police officers and the military, given the “disproportionate” disruption and threat to public safety caused by such industrial action.

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