RMT chief Mick Lynch has slammed new anti-strike bill as he repeats comparison of the government's law to oppressive regimes like China.

Mr Lynch said: "If they were doing that in Putin's Russia, in Iran or China, they would rightly be condemned... Conscripting workers to go to work against their will is an outrage and that's what this legislation will bring forward."

RMT leader added that "the attempt to break the strike to imports more dangerous than anything else".

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