IT is 'unfair' to suggest more public sector workers will take industrial action in light of the Government's pay offers to train drivers and junior doctors, a senior minister has said.
Nick Thomas-Symonds, a Cabinet Office minister, said the Government was 'sticking to the promises we made in opposition' in its deals with public sector workers.
A new pay offer aimed at ending the long-running dispute with train drivers came to light on Wednesday.
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