Rishi Sunak warned of ‘significant’ step-up in coordinated strikes in March

Exclusive: PCS union leader warns of synchronised strikes ahead, as he vows: ‘We’re not going to give up’

Rishi Sunak’s government should be ready for a “significant” escalation in synchronised strikes across the UK from March, the leader of the country’s largest civil service union has warned.

Mark Serwotka, general secretary of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union, told The Independent he expected more unions would join a day of industrial action on 1 February which will see 100,000 of his members walk out.

“I’m very confident we’ll not be the only union on strike that day,” he said on the February walkouts.