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Train strike - live: More railway workers to be balloted for action this month

RMT members at Network Rail and 13 train operators stage second walkout this week

The Independent UK

Rail workers stage second strike of the week after talks fail

Only one in five trains to run due to action by the RMT in dispute over pay, jobs and conditions

Wales Online

Tube and rail strikes: London suffers more strike chaos as Grant Shapps blasts ‘lying’ RMT

The Transport Secretary denied claims he had refused to allow Network Rail to withdraw a letter threatening redundancies

Evening Standard

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Another rail strike to go ahead on Thursday as Grant Shapps accused of ‘wrecking’ negotiations

Talks break down and another rail strike is to take place with the RMT blaming Transport Secretary Grant Shapps over their failure

Chronicle Live

Boris produces bubbles of nonsense when quizzed about Carrie

A Labour question rattled Johnson at PMQs, and then a revitalised Keir Starmer pounced

The Guardian - UK

Rail strike WILL go ahead tomorrow as Grant Shapps accused of 'wrecking' negotiations

Further chaos can be expected on the country's railways on Thursday

Manchester Evening News

With summer upon us, plenty of Brits are looking to get abroad into the sunshine for a short while, but some places still operates some strict Covid-19 restrictions

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Rail strike will go ahead on Thursday as RMT accuses Grant Shapps of ‘wrecking’ negotiations

Third and final strike of week is planned for Saturday

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

The Independent UK

Rail chief earns 20 TIMES wage of train guard as more than half of Brits back strikes

Network Rail chief Andrew Haines earned an annual salary of nearly £600,000 last year with many train guards earning £30,000 as those on the picket line say strike action was a last resort

Daily Mirror

Tube and rail strikes: Senior Labour MPs defy Keir Starmer’s plea not to attend picket lines

The Labour leader faces a test of his authority after several Labour MPs joined striking RMT workers during the largest industrial action in a generation

Evening Standard

Grant Shapps’s rail strike blame game joins fellow ministers’ absurdities in a vision of Tory Wonderland

Transport secretary absolves himself of responsibility for transport as Boris Johnson and Liz Truss turn the screw on all sense

The Guardian - UK

Johnson and Shapps pretend they can’t end the rail strikes. That’s nonsense

The PM and his transport secretary pose as bystanders while millions of Britons suffer, says Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey

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Daily Record

Misery for Renfrewshire rail commuters as strikes cripple network

Passengers turned away from Gilmour Street as station resembles a ghost town

Daily Record

Rail strikes in Scotland 'could last months' as SNP demands UK Government takes action

The last train from Euston to Glasgow left at 1.30pm with most lines across Scotland seeing no passenger services at all on Tuesday.

Daily Mirror

Brits stand with struggling rail staff on largest strike in 33 years despite delays

Passengers and rail staff have stood in solidarity with struggling workers on strike as they protest stagnating pay and threats to their jobs and pensions

Bristol Post

Rail worker salaries in UK compared to bus drivers, teachers and NHS staff

Rail worker salaries are much higher than the median in the UK, but when you take out the train and tram drivers the picture is much less clear

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The Independent UK

Grant Shapps is ‘a snake-oil salesman,’ says union boss

Eddie Dempsey hinted at a warm relationship with employers, saying management are conducting themselves ‘with grace’

Evening Standard

Strike? What strike? Top Tories attend ball with Abba tribute night before walkout

Conservative ministers were on Tuesday criticised for attending a lavish summer ball the night before Britain was hit by the rail strikes.

Manchester Evening News

Minister blasts cost of underground Piccadilly HS2 station as 'crazy' after shelving plans - but London will still get one

The Manchester Evening News is calling on the Government not botch one of the most important transport projects ever to be built in the north of England

Bristol Post

Rail strikes: Temple Meads workers say 'enough is enough' as they join picket line

Many motorists driving past the picket this morning hooted in solidarity with the workers

Daily Mirror

Labour drawn into rail strikes row as frontbenchers ordered away from picket lines

Labour, the party of working people, has been criticised for not overtly backing unions rail strikes that have kicked off today. Sharon Graham, general secretary of the Unite union said "we expect Labour MPs to defend workers, by words and by actions".

Daily Mirror

Rail strikes explained - why are RMT workers striking and what it means for Labour and the Tories

Millions of Brits are facing travel chaos as the Government goes to war with unions. But what's it all about? Here we sort the facts from the politics on the rail strikes

Chronicle Live

Why rail workers are on strike and what the RMT has been offered to settle dispute

The dispute is about pay, jobs and conditions, including a row over a below-inflation pay increase, safety and redundancies

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