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Barnsley workers strike over nursery privatisation by Reform council
UK News•November 9, 2026 at 6:50 PMNational

Barnsley workers strike over nursery privatisation by Reform council

By Robyn Vinter North of England correspondent•The Guardian - UK News

Women say move will be ‘massively detrimental’ to services for vulnerable children, and hit their own pensionsThe 33 women waving banners outside a nursery in the South Yorkshire village of Grimethorpe have never been on strike before.Passing cars beep their horns in support of the workers, who have taken action at six nurseries run by Barnsley council after its Reform UK leadership agreed to transfer them to private companies. They say the move will have a hugely negative impact on the services they provide to vulnerable children, and to their own pensions. Continue reading...

Women say move will be ‘massively detrimental’ to services for vulnerable children, and hit their own pensions

The 33 women waving banners outside a nursery in the South Yorkshire village of Grimethorpe have never been on strike before.

Passing cars beep their horns in support of the workers, who have taken action at six nurseries run by Barnsley council after its Reform UK leadership agreed to transfer them to private companies. They say the move will have a hugely negative impact on the services they provide to vulnerable children, and to their own pensions.

Continue reading...

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