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Union boss Mick Lynch criticises ‘exorbitant’ wages of TfL bosses

The Standard has revealed that almost 600 TfL executives earned more than £100,000 last year

Evening Standard

Revealed: Which Tube stations have faced the longest closures?

Staff absences, customer incidents and signalling failures have led to London’s Tube stations being closed for a total of 76 days over the past three years - new figures have found.

Evening Standard

Government unveils plan to ease flight disruption as Heathrow passengers endure day of chaos

Transport Secretary in bid to help families avert summer holiday misery

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UK Government unveils plan to tackle flight disruption

Flight demand is set to surge again as schools in Scotland break up for summer this week

Insider UK

Grant Shapps slams rail unions as he unveils £1bn east coast digital investment

The Transport Secretary claimed the Government is investing in modernising the railways ‘despite the best efforts of unions’.

The Independent UK

Labour accuses Gove of acting like ‘Grant Shapps tribute act’ by ignoring looming storm for councils

Local authorities warn of £3.6bn black hole due to soaring costs

The Independent UK

TfL funding: Sadiq Khan back on the buses, and he’s not a happy man

Sadiq Khan often talks to journalists, but rarely holds press conferences. So it was something of a surprise to be invited at short notice to West Ham bus garage last Thursday, where the Mayor was to give an update on TfL’s bid for a fifth government bailout.

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Train strikes - live: Lynch asks government to ‘tone down rhetoric’ and ‘settle dispute’

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The Independent UK

Union chief hints more strikes to come this year as he accuses Grant Shapps of ‘talking nonsense’

Union leaders have called for a pay rise in line with inflation which is set to rise to 11 per cent later this year

Evening Standard

Grant Shapps 'misled public' over claim he has no role in train strike

TUC Boss Frances O’Grady said he was pulling the strings of the 15 train operators because contracts mean they are unable to negotiate pay, conditions and pensions of 40,000 striking RMT workers without his approval

Daily Mirror

RMT boss accuses Transport Secretary of ‘talking nonsense’ in Twitter thread

Grant Shapps’ thread described ‘outdated working practices’ in the railway industry as members of the RMT walked out for the third time this week

The Independent UK

Large rally takes place outside Lime Street station on final day of bitter rail strike

Ricky Tomlinson and local Labour MPs were among those taking part

Liverpool Echo

Striking RMT union’s Mick Lynch tells Grant Shapps to ‘get on with his job’

Union boss says transport secretary should ‘tone down the rhetoric’ and make effort to solve rail strikes

The Guardian - UK

Mick Lynch hits out at UK leaders raised on 'diet of Latin and Greek'

RMT general secretary Mick Lynch has said there is a “disconnect” with UK leaders raised on a diet of Latin and Greek – and gave his frank…

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Jeremy Corbyn joins rail staff at RMT train strike picket at Newcastle's Central Station

The former Labour leader called for an inflation pay rise and job security for train and rail staff, who he points out worked throughout Covid

The Guardian - UK

Train services cut as RMT rail strike enters third day

Rail firms ask people not to travel as 40,000 union members strike in dispute over pay and conditions

Daily Mirror

Rail chaos continues as workers stage third 24-hour strike in a week today

Passengers have been told to only travel if necessary with strikes leaving half of train lines shut and as little as a fifth of rail services running on Saturday

The Independent UK

Rail chaos continues as workers stage third 24-hour strike in a week

Only a fifth of services will run and half of lines will be closed.

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The Independent UK

Sadiq Khan signals support for striking Tube workers’ pension demands but more walkouts possible

RMT’s Mick Lynch urges London mayor not to ‘sacrifice our members’ pensions and jobs to fit within budget restraints laid down by Boris Johnson’

The Guardian - UK

Background checks are needed on the Grant Shapps show

Letters: Sam Monteve Levy questions the transport secretary’s strategically placed ministerial red boxes and promotional poster. Rufus Adams compares him with David Lloyd George

Daily Mirror

'Grant Shapps must intervene to solve rail dispute', transport unions urge

Transport unions have written to Grant Shapps, urging him to resolve the rail dispute as more disruptions are set to continue across the weekend

Daily Record

Perth and Kinross to experience third day without trains after dispute talks fail to halt strike action

Saturday’s service shutdown will go ahead with Network Rail staff walking out - but many rural hotel's have seen little impact on their businesses so far

The Independent UK

Why are the train strikes happening?

Journeys by train are set to be disrupted on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday of this week - but why are rail workers walking out?

The Independent UK

When is the UK train strike? Dates, times and everything you need to know

In the forthcoming strikes by Network Rail signallers, only about 20% of lines will be open for trains – many of which might not run anyway

Evening Standard

London Tube strike: Hopes rise for end of action after Sadiq Khan signals he has accepted union demands

Hopes of an end to the dispute that has caused four Tube strikes in three months have risen after Sadiq Khan signalled he accepted union demands not to cut staff pensions.

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