Wednesday briefing: A guide to the numbers behind the strikes

In today’s newsletter: With almost 500,000 workers expected to walk out today and months of industrial action ahead, here’s a look at the scale of the issue and the impact of real pay cutsSign up here for our daily newsletter, First EditionGood morning. If you were thinking of using a train, crossing a border, or taking your kids to school in the UK today, you’d better check your plans: those are just three of the sectors affected by strikes involving up to half a million peopl