What is POLITICO Pro? Policy areas Our Pro coverage Request a demo Contact us LONDON — Public sector workers on strike, the cost-of-living climbing, and a government on the ropes. “We’re at the point now where people are feeling like ‘well, I haven’t had a pay rise, and I’m not going to get a pay rise, and can we all just accept that it’s tough for everybody and we’ve got to get on with it,’” he said. ”With an election looming next year, Rishi Sunak is running out of time to turn the public mood around