Shadow chancellor Ed Balls warned trade unions not to fall into George Osborne's "trap" by striking.

The chancellor, George Osborne, who delivered a fresh blow to public servants on Tuesday when he announced a further two years of pay restraint and signalled plans to end national collective bargaining, warned trade unions that the strike "is not going to achieve anything".

The business secretary was booed when he warned trade unions against mass strikes, and after government U-turns on health and sentencing policy, could the economy be next?

Alan Johnson warns trade unions against becoming 'delusional left' 4.

CHANCELLOR Kenneth Clarke today warned trade unions to think again about a strategy of industrial action against the Government's squeeze on public sector pay.

Ed Balls has warned trade unions not to fall into George Osborne's "trap" by striking over plans to reform public sector pensions.