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How much do TfL Tube and bus drivers earn as strikes over salaries begin

Tube and bus drivers are taking industrial action this week over demands for better pay – but what is their current compensation?

Evening Standard · Feb 26, 2025

Elizabeth line strikes called off in ‘good news’ for London commuters

Two walkouts have been cancelled, but there are still questions over further strikes

The Independent UK · Feb 26, 2025

Elizabeth Line strikes called off after union receives new pay offer

Planned strikes by train drivers on London's Elizabeth Line on Thursday and Saturday have been called off following a new pay offer, Aslef announced.

Evening Standard · Feb 25, 2025

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Elizabeth line strikes cancelled as deal reached raising drivers' salary to £75,000

Aslef had already postponed first two walkouts that were planned for Thursday and Saturday

Evening Standard · Feb 25, 2025

Rail strikes, fare rises and broken signals: Why train passengers nationwide are facing continued misery this year

Exclusive: State-run Northern Rail has cancelled an average of 142 trains per day so far this year

The Independent UK · Feb 15, 2025

Sadiq Khan urges 'amicable' resolution to stop Elizabeth line strikes

Asked about the current pay dispute, the mayor declined to say whether train drivers should accept an offer which would take their annual salary to £75,700

Evening Standard · Feb 14, 2025

Elizabeth line drivers to stage train strike starting this month

Aslef seeks a rise from the current £72,465 salary that recognises ‘the value of drivers in the line’s success’

The Independent UK · Feb 13, 2025

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Elizabeth line: Four days of strike chaos looms as drivers reject pay rise to £75,700

Drivers belonging to Aslef will walk out on February 27, March 1, March 8 and March 10 after unanimously rejecting 4.5% pay offer

Evening Standard · Feb 13, 2025

Drivers on Elizabeth line to strike for four days over coming weeks

Members of Aslef union plan action beginning on 27 February in dispute over pay

The Guardian - UK · Feb 13, 2025

Elizabeth line train drivers to strike in pay dispute

Aslef workers employed by MTR on the popular line, which runs through central London, will walk out on four dates.

Evening Standard · Feb 13, 2025

Easter train strikes: Hull Trains to stage walkout for 16 days across several weeks

Aslef union says rail firm ‘unfairly sacked a train driver who raised a safety concern’

The Independent UK · Feb 12, 2025

Hull Trains drivers to stage series of strikes over colleague’s sacking

Aslef union members are to walk out on every Friday between March 7 and April 25 and every Saturday between March 8 and April 26.

The Independent UK · Feb 12, 2025

Train drivers seek to put ‘dent’ in cost of living in pay talks

Aslef general secretary Mick Whelan said he did not want to ‘appear antagonistic’.

Evening Standard · Jan 18, 2025

More disruption threatened in fresh rail dispute

Aslef will ballot its members on Hull Trains on possible strike action.

Evening Standard · Jan 12, 2025

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The Independent UK · Dec 17, 2024

GWR explains why Sunday train cancellations will continue for ‘quite some time’

Last weekend rail passengers were urged not to travel on any Great Western main lines due to staff shortages

The Independent UK · Dec 4, 2024

TfL axes plans for driverless trains across London Underground

The trains ‘would cost billions of pounds on each line’, said the Mayor of London

Evening Standard · Dec 4, 2024

Southern Western Railways service first to transfer into public ownership

The Government’s announcement will see services across southern England and East Anglia come back into public control by autumn 2025.

The Guardian - UK · Nov 27, 2024

RMT claims ‘substantial victory’ after tube pay dispute

Union says London Underground workers will get pay rise and other improvements in terms

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The Guardian - UK · Nov 24, 2024

Citizen: My Life After the White House by Bill Clinton review – convivial without being confidential

In this account of his years after leaving office, Clinton is a hyperactive and loquacious presence, helping out in disaster zones and pontificating about public service – but he reveals little about his private life

Evening Standard · Nov 23, 2024

Sadiq Khan urged to hold London vote on council tax hike to fund TfL as Tube drivers seek four-day week

Lord Bailey of Paddington raised the idea of a vote in the capital in Parliament

The Independent UK · Nov 20, 2024

Ex-Eurostar boss tells government to stay out of running railways

Exclusive: Richard Brown says ‘genuine reform, genuine cost savings’ must be negotiated with trades unions

International Business Times UK · Nov 12, 2024

London Tube Drivers Offered Four-day Workweek, Pay Rise To Halt Strikes And Ease Travel Disruptions

London Underground drivers received a deal amid ongoing strikes. The proposal includes a 4.5% raise and improved working conditions.

The Guardian - UK · Nov 11, 2024

Train performance data to be displayed at stations under Labour plans

Transport secretary says figures will be shown on screens in effort to hold operators and government to account

The Guardian - UK · Nov 9, 2024

English councils free to adopt four-day week after Labour drops Tory concerns

Cambridgeshire trial found improved performance and reduced turnover, as TfL plans to give tube drivers option

The Independent UK · Nov 8, 2024

Tube drivers to be offered four-day working week

TfL will set out a ‘proposal for delivering an average four-day working week’ by January

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