Strikes Update: How Wednesday 15 March’s strikes affect you

When Chancellor Jeremy Hunt gets up in Parliament on Wednesday lunchtime to present his budget, he may hear a crowd of protesters approaching.

Heading to Whitehall are likely to be thousands of teachers and other public sector workers, all demanding wage increases.

Across the river from the House of Commons, young doctors will be on picket lines.

Teachers are on strike in England on Wednesday and Thursday – their action in Wales has been canceled after a revised offer from the Welsh Government. University employees also go out on these days.

On Wednesday there will also be industrial action by drivers on the London Underground and the largest strike by officials to date, with up to 150,000 participants.

However, this is not likely to affect budget allocation as some of the higher-paid mandarins in the Treasury are unaffected.

But pick up the phone to an HMRC call center and it may take a while for you to answer. In total, over 400,000 public sector workers are taking action.

Quite a backdrop for the chancellor’s big day.

A two-day strike by teachers who are members of the National Education Union (NEU) begins in England on Wednesday. Teachers have been on strike several times since February in an ongoing dispute over pay and funding.

It is expected to affect all schools in England and include NEU teachers in sixth form colleges.

No disruption is expected in Wales, where industrial action was called off after government talks.

During previous strikes on February 28 and March 2, more than half of the schools closed or restricted school attendance.

The Department of Education advises parents to send their children to school unless the school board has told you otherwise.

Read more about why teachers are on strike here.

Wednesday will be the last full day of this week’s strike action by young doctors in England who are leaving over pay and conditions.

On Monday and Tuesday NHS managers reported A&E units were busy as senior staff were covered for doctors who were on strike.

About 45% of the medical workforce are junior doctors and two-thirds of them are members of the British Medical Association and Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association unions, which are organizing the strike.

They plan to continue the emergency as well as the planned care.

Independent physicians and other senior physicians are consulted for coverage.

Planned dates have been postponed, how many are still unclear.

Winter nurses’ industrial action resulted in some foundations canceling 20% ​​of routine treatments. According to the BBC’s health correspondent Nick Triggle, the impact of the junior doctors’ strike is likely to be greater.

You can read here why junior doctors are on strike.

Up to 150,000 civil servants working in more than 100 ministries and agencies will go on strike.

Members of the Public and Commercial Services and Prospect unions are taking action in a dispute with the government over wages, pensions, job security and severance terms.

The union said its members from 123 departments were taking part in the industrial action, including staff from the Department of Transport, the Department of Health and Social Affairs and the Home Office.

The PCS union represents thousands of people working in government departments as well as in organizations such as Ofsted, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency and Border Force.

Read here why officials are on strike.

Transport for London (TfL) is warning Tube passengers there will be “little or no service” during Wednesday’s strike action by RMT and Aslef members.

Members of both unions are to resign in the dispute over job cuts, pensions and working conditions.

TfL said the Elizabeth Line, Overground, DLR, trams and buses would be “busier than normal”.

She has advised passengers traveling on Wednesday to allow more time for their journey and to check for the latest information before they travel.

TfL also warned that the closure of Tube stations could mean some services could not stop at all stations or travel to their normal destinations.

Subway service on Thursday March 16 is expected to start later than normal.

You can read here why some TfL employees are on strike.

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Additional reporting by Faarea Masud

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