Striking UK workers playing into Putin’s hands, says Zahawi

Minister says troops are on standby to replace striking ambulance workers and border staff

The Conservative party chairman has said the military is on standby to take the place of striking workers such as ambulance and border staff, while claiming the planned industrial action was playing into Vladimir Putin’s hands by dividing society.

Nadhim Zahawi, a UK cabinet minister, said the army was part of contingency planning in which soldiers could be drafted in to take the place of those on the picket lines, as the government braces for a wave of strikes against low pay in the coming weeks.

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