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The strikes must be the beginning of a mass movement in this country against our broken economic model, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE MP

BRITAIN is facing a series of interlocking crises that are hitting working-class people the hardest.

Last week, figures from the Office for National Statistics showed that UK inflation has risen above 10 per cent for the first time in 40 years, driven by soaring prices for food and fuel as households come under mounting pressure from the cost-of-living crisis. 

It is only the fourth time in 70 years that inflation has breached the 10 per cent threshold.

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