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Should strike rules be tougher?

Ministers have defended plans to tighten the rules on strike action, after unions said they would make legal strikes "almost impossible".
The Trade Union Bill would impose a minimum 50% turnout to allow a strike - and public sector action would need the backing of at least 40% of those eligible to vote.
Frances O'Grady, General Secretary of the TUC, which represents most unionised workers, said it was "poisonous for industrial relations".
While Conservative MP for Stratford-upon-Avon Nadhim Zahawi said the measure was about fairness.

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