An anti-strike bill is set to be introduced in order to ensure public service sectors maintain a level of service during strike action. 

This bill that will be introduced today, on Tuesday, January 10, comes after talks between ministers and unions failed to resolve industrial disputes that involved nurses, teachers and rail workers seeking a pay rise in the face of the rising cost of living. 

Downing Street said the new legislation was necessary to "protect the public". 

Business Secretary Grant Shapps rejected the government’s own assessment that the anti-strike bill could lead to more strikes. 

He said the legislation will demonstrate “life and limb must come first” when strike action takes place. 

He told GB News: “We don’t really ever want to have to use that legislation.” 

The proposals state that some trade union members would be required to continue working during a strike. 

This law to have a minimum level of service during strike action was already a part of the Conservative’s 2019 election manifesto and the bill had come to light in October. 

Now, they are looking to expand this to more areas - the NHS, education, fire and rescue, border security, and nuclear decommissioning. 

The details of the bill are still to be unfolded.