Sky News Breakfast: Thousands of ambulance workers go on strike

Sky's Kamali Melbourne brings you Sky News Breakfast, as thousands of ambulance workers in England and Wales go on strike.

Plus all the latest headlines and breaking news.

#nhs #strikes #skynews

[skysurferuk]

Why not? We don't have ambulances anymore (try to get one to save a life!). Neither do we have A & E (my last trip Aug, over 10 hour wait for THE doctor - yes. ONE!)🤬🤬🤬
I fully support these actions by our wonderful NHS staff, they're not given the resources they need to do the amazing job they want to do.
#parliamentnotfitforpurpose

[madamechaos]

It really shows the national priorities. We'd clap but not pay. We rejoice in sportsmen and CEOS getting millions, and quibble over thousands for essential workers.

[danger]

Give them what ever they want we need them❤

[GP-fxib]

Hero's not long ago... Shame really how they have been treated

[The_Tundra_]

I hate that people have to result to striking to make the government listen. Wages should automatically be raised to match inflation. They’re fools not to

[izzytrue]

I'm a 100% behind these people - because when I need them, I want them 100% with ME.

[dharris]

Good for them; constantly getting screwed gets old

[James-ckpw]

Tories say they can't afford a payrise for the nurses yet their still enjoying the 40%payrise they gave themselves not so long ago and fiddling expenses claims and of course the second homes bought and renovated at the taxpayers expense. They have already decided on their next payrise and a huge increase in their expenses allowance to help them cope with the rising cost of living. As always one rule for them and another one for us .

[PaddyDAngelo]

Solidarity with strikers now and always.

[eyrzfvy]

Steve Barclay is only looking after himself and his big salary and expenses hes not intrested in the NHS staff the deserve a big pay rise

[endrefidje]

What's the point in having 40 "new" hospitals, as Boris was bragging about, if there are no nurses willing to work in them??

[theo]

I don't understand. Me clapping out my window for about a minute 2yrs ago didn't help at all?

[syedmuzammilahmed]

I could imagine what they are going through. I work for a retail company and they are closing for the Christmas and forcing us to either take the paid day off from our annual holiday budget (some have already booked/exhausted their holidays) or stay home without pay. In this cost of living crisis, every penny counts. And some people cannot afford to loose out on £100 from their monthly income.

[margaretwilson]

The government (Tories and Labour) need to commit to properly managing the NHS. Tories would prefer people to go private... An insidious way of undermining the NHS.

[paul]

Difference between man in the street and MP.. the man in the street cares about people...the MP cares about himself 😏😏

[allip]

Wow, was that a Sky News journalist actually asking a Tory some tough questions for once? It's about time!

[oysteroid]

Give Billions and Billions and Billions of dollars to Ukraine is a must. Forking out millions and millions of dollars to feed the illegal immigrants and letting the immigrants stay in Hotels comfortably is a service. UK less fortunate citizens suffering from hunger and sleeping in the streets without a roof is their own choice.

[narda]

Here to show my support for the strikers

[susansantapola]

Fully support the strikers. get this appalling sorry excuse for a government who has brought the country to it's knees and made it a global laughing stock out ASAP .

[AM-gyxg]

Its so sad to see a government that wont even negotiate and hide behide apparantly an independant pay body thats never independant and chosen by the government. The UK has really been crippled by the Torys for over 12 years unfortunately the damage they have caused maybe with us for generations.