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RMT rejects ‘dreadful’ pay offers from Network Rail and train operators

Union boss Mick Lynch says message from members was ‘loud and clear’, as TSSA prepares to put offer to vote

The Guardian - UK

Welsh Government hurried to buy £4.25m farm for music festival due to underspend

An Audit Wales investigation has raised concerns over the Welsh Government's decision to buy Gilestone Farm before seeing a full business plan

Wales Online

Four problems that Britain’s crisis-hit railway must solve to survive

Staff relations are at rock bottom, investment is shrinking and franchising has failed. But even so, passengers are trickling back. Can the network be revived?

The Guardian - UK

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Senedd proceedings shelved for the day as 100,000 civil servants strike

The PCS union said it welcomes the solidarity shown by Members of the Senedd who voted to move scheduled parliamentary business to alternative dates

Wales Online

Tory Transport Minister admits cost of rail strikes more than settling dispute

The RMT union General Secretary Mick Lynch said the comments from Huw Merriman were evidence of the Government treating businesses in the pre-Christmas period as 'collateral damage'

Daily Mirror

Mick Lynch claims government ‘admitted to deliberately prolonging the rail dispute’

‘The interests of businesses, rail workers and passengers have been sacrificed to a wider public sector pay agenda,’ says union boss

The Independent UK

Train station ticket office closures will benefit passengers, claims rail minister

Plan ‘a travesty for disabled and elderly people who want to travel on the rail network,’ says Mick Lynch

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Two more RMT train strike dates confirmed as drivers walkout - full list of 14 firms hit

General Secretary of the RMT Mick Lynch said negotiations with the rail operators will continue - but train driver members at 14 rail operators will strike on February 1 and 3 in the long-running dispute

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson’s delayed Shakespeare book: To be or not to be?

His newly announced memoir threatens another delay

Evening Standard

We’ve forgotten that strikes are about winning disputes, not courting public opinion

It’s workers’ ability to maximise disruption that determines industrial power, says journalist Polly Smythe

The Guardian - UK

RMT boss Mick Lynch savages ‘so-called liberals’ at strikes Bill demo

Sir Keir Starmer needs to avoid being a “vanilla politician in a vanilla suit”, the RMT leader said

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak faces 'sacking of nurses bill' backlash over 'insulting' anti-strike plan

Labour's Deputy Leader Angela Rayner branded the Government's controversial Strikes (Minimum Services) Bill 'irrational and so insulting' as protesters gathered outside Downing Street during a tense debate

Daily Mirror

Driver-only operation: the confusing issue dividing the nation’s railways

Every day, millions of passengers travel on trains where the only member of staff on board is in the driving seat

The Independent UK

Train strikes breakthrough hope as unions and firms knuckle down to work on new deal

RMT chief Mick Lynch said he was “working jointly towards a revised offer” with the Rail Delivery Group after four hours of talks - and eight months of on-and-off strikes

Daily Mirror

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The Guardian - UK

UK rail strikes: unions agree to work with operators towards revised pay offer

RMT and TSSA meet Rail Delivery Group in effort to break deadlock over jobs and conditions

The Independent UK

Rail union leader says he expects ‘very tight’ proposal from employers

RMT general secretary Mick Lynch was having talks with the Rail Delivery Group on Thursday.

The Independent UK

Train strikes: New offer to be made to unions

Pay hike likely to be 10 per cent over two years with ‘driver-only operation’ proposals watered down

Wales Online

Harper: ‘Renewed offer’ on table at latest talks to avert further rail strikes

Despite the Transport Secretary's positivity, one union boss says there was still 'zero' chance of a resolution

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The Independent UK

Rail strikes over (for now): what happens next?

Passengers may be caught up in what looks like an ideological struggle for some time to come

The Independent UK

Mick Lynch vows driver-only operation will ‘never happen as long as the RMT exists’

Rail Delivery Group says DOO system has been running safely for 40 years

Daily Mirror

Rail unions warn deal is 'further away than when we started' after 8 MONTHS of strikes

The grim verdict came in a fiery committee hearing where leaders laughed in a Tory MP's face - and the RMT's Mick Lynch said he was 'more popular than many politicians in this room'

Evening Standard

Rail dispute ‘further away’ from being resolved, union leader warns as London braces for Elizabeth Line walkout

Asked by MPs how close resolution to row is on scale of 1 to 10, Aslef boss Mick Whelan says: ‘I think you can include zero’

The National (Scotland)

Nicola Sturgeon vows to fight anti-strike bill 'every step of the way'

BUSINESS secretary Grant Shapps has presented anti-strike legislation to the Commons which will require some public service employees to continue…

Evening Standard

Grant Shapps: I appear to have been ‘living rent free in Mick Lynch’s head’

Cabinet minister’s remark follows RMT union boss’s claim that Shapps was still involved in dispute despite no longer being Transport Secretary

Daily Mirror

NHS staff told to WORK HARDER as pay talks with Tories branded 'an insult' to nurses

Health Secretary Steve Barclay was today accused of insulting NHS staff, who the Tories roundly hailed and applauded for their dedication at the height of Covid

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