Kwasi Kwarteng has killed off plans to allow unions to hold electronic votes on strike action , The Telegraph can disclose. In a significant escalation of the Government's war with unions, the Business Secretary is preparing to formally reject proposals for electronic strike ballots – ending a move towards the change, set in train by David Cameron in 2016, that would have made it easier to organise strikes. The disclosure comes after Mick Lynch, the general secretary of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union , called on Grant Shapps, the Transport Secretary, to "tone down the rhetoric and get on with his job" in order to settle the dispute over jobs, pay and conditions for rail staff. Meanwhile, it emerged that Nadia Whittome, a Labour MP, has donated £2,000 to the RMT's strike fund despite Sir Keir Starmer's stance against the industrial action . The Trades Union Congress has said the current legal requirement for strike ballots to be held using postal votes is outdated, "expensive, time-consuming and does little to boost participation". But in a formal response to a review by Sir Ken Knight, a former commissioner of the London Fire Brigade, Mr Kwarteng is expected to allude to… Read full this story
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