McDonnell pledges support if workers strike over public sector pay cap

Shadow chancellor John McDonnell said public sector workers have ‘the democratic right to ballot for industrial action’.John McDonnell has pledged Labour’s support for workers who strike over the public sector pay cap as union leaders increase pressure on the government to lift it.The shadow chancellor told union activists that the party’s senior figures would join strikers on picket lines if they took on the government against a policy that has led to a 14% real-terms cu