The government has announced it will repeal the Strikes Act 2023 to get public services back on track and strengthen the rights of working people.

Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner and business secretary Jonathan Reynolds have written to the government departments with sectors most impacted by strikes.

These include education, health, transport, and energy.

Rayner said that scrapping the "pointless" law is the first part of Labour's plan to "reset industrial relations so they are fit for a modern economy."

Saffron Cordery, deputy chief executive of NHS Providers, said that Trust leaders welcome the decision.

She continued: "Months of strikes have been hugely disruptive and costly for patients, staff and the health service but the laws didn’t address any of the issues behind the walkouts - including dissatisfaction with pay, working conditions and ever-increasing demand.

“The legislation risked making industrial relations between trust leaders and frontline teams worse. When industrial relations become strained we need government and unions to get around the table and talk at the earliest opportunity to avert disruption to patient care.

“We need more investment to attract, keep and nurture highly valued healthcare staff. We need also to see a strengthening of the processes, done in collaboration with unions and employers, which allow voluntary agreements to be reached on what services are provided during strikes as well as on staffing levels.”