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Extra £130mn announced to support ‘vital services’ in wake of pandemic as transport faces more strike action
Lynch calls on ministers to help resolve long-running dispute as UK prepares for more transport walkouts
Rail, tube and bus walkouts come as unions repeat calls for wage rises to offset soaring inflation
Campaigners want ministers to go further than promise not to base increase on July’s RPI inflation measure
Latest Aslef walkout set to lead to weekend of severe disruption
Burnham and Khan demand operator Avanti loses its contract unless trains are reinstated
Large-scale cancellations by Avanti owe more to a dysfunctional model than ‘unofficial strike action’
Avanti angers unions by blaming ‘unofficial strike action’ for its cutting London trains to northern cities from 7 to 4 per hour
Deal with TSSA union could reduce severity of industrial action this month by ensuring skeleton service
Felixstowe dispute adds to pressure on transport network amid rail walkouts and burden on Channel crossings
Dispute over pay and conditions escalates, with more strikes threatened
Only about a fifth of passenger services will run because of dispute over job security, working conditions and pay
Simplifying the fragmented industry could mean greater efficiency gains but at the cost of jobs across the board
Watchdog finds constant changes have delayed Transpennine project by more than a decade
Record reading in Lincolnshire amid fires in London’s outskirts and warnings of transport system buckling
On top of co-ordinated action by Aslef on July 30, RMT union adds two further rail strike dates in August
Workers and management await Washington’s intervention as companies fear further disruptions to strained supply chains
RMT to discuss co-ordinated action by unions as it vows to go on ‘as long as it takes’
Owner of infrastructure says RMT and TSSA union members must accept modernisation reforms in return for higher wages
Ballots from eight groups increase likelihood of simultaneous action by three unions
Shares rise by more than a fifth as UK booking site updates forecasts
Prospect of ‘massive’ travel disruption intensifies as more unions ballot members and fuel protests clog main roads
Christian Wolmar’s examination of nationalisation reveals that in the 1980s and 1990s the system was making progress
Commenters post their opinions on the walkouts and the UK’s potential ‘summer of discontent’
Transport secretary accuses RMT union of ‘damaging lives of everyday hardworking people’
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