London gripped by decade’s biggest strikes

<p>Hundreds of thousands of public sector workers are striking in Britain’s biggest day of industrial action for over a decade.</p><p>In this episode:</p><p>- Many schools closed and railway stations deserted</p><p>- Train and bus drivers join civil servants and teachers walking out in pay and pensions dispute</p><p>- Widespread disruption caused</p><p>- Lecturers on picket line after rejecting below-inflation pay offer</p><p>- Evening Standard senior feature writer Katie Strick interviews Dr Pat McGovern, associate professor in sociology at LSE</p><p>- Final-year King’s College London undergraduate and freelance journalist <a href="https://livfacey.journoportfolio.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Liv Facey</a> on studying through strikes and Covid.</p><br><p>Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>