Hundreds of troops are being trained to drive ambulances and firefight in the event of strike action, the Government has said.
Soldiers training with ambulance crews during the pandemic
The Cabinet Office said they included up to 600 armed forces personnel and 700 staff from the Government’s specialist Surge and Rapid Response Team, as well as other parts of the Civil Service. “It is the right and responsible thing to do to have contingency plans in place,” he told Sky News’s Sophy Ridge On Sunday programme.
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