UK Loses Over 279,000 Working Days to Strikes in Just Six Months – Guido Fawkes

UK Loses Over 279,000 Working Days to Strikes in Just Six Months

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The UK lost 279,000 working days to labour disputes in the first six months of 2025 alone. That’s equivalent to just over 1,073 years.

Here’s the full breakdown from the grisly ONS labour market statistics:

• January 50,000
• February 52,000
• March 55,000
• April 47,000
• May 37,000
• June 38,000
  Total 279,000

A millennium and change lost to strikes. Meanwhile this morning Wes Streeting claimed the “jury is out” over a pay deal with junior doctors, and Birmingham’s bin strike rumbles on and on…