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Bosses claim they ‘can’t afford’ to keep people on because of the crisis. There’s money—but it will take a fight to take it off the rich, writes Sadie Robinson

Although it is just the beginning, it is a clear signal that the Tories want working class people to bail out a system in crisis.

Tory chancellor Rishi Sunak is set to announce a fresh public sector pay cap this week as part of new budget plans.

Workers at British Gas are to hold a strike ballot over the threat to fire and rehire 20,000 people.

Workers at the Rolls‑Royce plant in Barnoldswick, Lancashire, are continuing their fight against bosses’ plans to slash 350 jobs.

Hull has become the worst-hit city by coronavirus in Britain. The week to 13 November saw 761 confirmed cases per 100,000 people. The second highest-hit place was Hartlepool, with 597.

Workers at Heathrow Airport Ltd are set to strike in a dispute over plans to fire and rehire 4,000 workers on vastly reduced pay. Strikes to save jobs continue at Rolls-Royce.

The Tories are in trouble. Their lockdown is unlikely to significantly cut coronavirus cases as it leaves key areas of transmission, such as schools, open.  

Planned strikes at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh have been called off after bosses backed down.

Workers in Lancashire have begun three weeks of strikes to save hundreds of jobs.

Tory chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced that the furlough scheme will be extended across Britain until the end of March.

Hundreds of people joined an online rally and physical protests against the “job loss nightmare” on Halloween.