The Latest Breaking News from Grant Shapps

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

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

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

London (AFP) - British annual inflation has hit a fresh 40-year high, official data showed Wednesday, further eroding workers' wages in a cost-of-living crisis, and heaping more pressuring the Bank of England to keep raising interest rates.

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

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

Third and final strike of week is planned for Saturday

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

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

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

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