A strike by ambulance workers is taking place. Paramedics and control room staff, who take calls and assign crews, have walked out. Londoners are being warned to only call 999 in a life threatening emergency. We've been to a picket line in Waterloo.
One of the biggest unions representing ambulance workers says a"really good" one-off hardship payment or next year's pay rise being backdated would be considered.
"If we got any kind of offer from the government we would seriously consider it, no matter what it was." But she does say they would co-ordinate with other unions to oppose the bill, which would would require a baseline level of service from unions during strikes in certain industries like healthcare or railways.
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