More than a million public sector workers are to vote on strikes from next week in the biggest-ever union industrial action ballot, it was announced today.

The UK’s biggest trade union today called for an investigation into what it branded as “obscene” profits being made by private firms from the NHS.

The British government plans to give fathers up to six months paternity leave and a year off work for mothers will help tackle the UK’s long hours culture, campaigners said tonight.