内容摘要：He thinks people who may feel like a burden to their loved-ones might, for example, choose to "end their lives because they feel like they ought to for their children's sake".

He thinks people who may feel like a burden to their loved-ones might, for example, choose to "end their lives because they feel like they ought to for their children's sake".

A union official said members were convinced the relationship between them and the council was now “fundamentally broken”.South Tyneside Council called the planned action by GMB and Unite workers “unjustified”.

The long-running dispute has centred largely on bullying and harassment allegations against management staff, said GMB official Mark Wilson.But the local authority said an independent investigation concluded that “no evidence of bullying and harassment of the workforce by management” had been found.Mr Wilson described the report as “flawed”.

He said several allegations had not been included in the report.“Saying no evidence exists is factually not true because all they have to do is listen to members,” he said, adding that workers had not been sent the full report.

But a council spokesperson said staff had been able to read the report in full during a presentation given by the authority.

The unions want changes to management in light of the allegations, but the council says it cannot do anything as the HR process has “concluded”.By 1400 BST, the Conservatives had lost control of three of the 18 councils they controlled before this election, with Reform beating them in Staffordshire and Lincolnshire, as well as taking control of Durham.

, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch "These were always going to be a very difficult set of elections coming off the high of 2021, and our historic defeat last year - and so it's proving."The renewal of our party has only just begun and I'm determined to win back the trust of the public and the seats we've lost, in the years to come."

Shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick - who was beaten to the Tory leadership last year by Badenoch - said she was doing a "bloody good job" and it would "be impossible to turn around this situation in such a short period of time".Liberal Democrats are hoping to take seats off the Tories in places like Gloucestershire and Hertfordshire.