London gripped by decade’s biggest strikes

Hundreds of thousands of public sector workers are striking in Britain’s biggest day of industrial action for over a decade.In this episode:- Many schools closed and railway stations deserted- Train and bus drivers join civil servants and teachers walking out in pay and pensions dispute- Widespread disruption caused- Lecturers on picket line after rejecting below-inflation pay offer- Evening Standard senior feature writer Katie Strick interviews Dr Pat McGovern, associate professor in sociology at LSE- Final-year King’s College London undergraduate and freelance journalist Liv Facey on studying through strikes and Covid.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.