Tuesday sees the start of a national strike on the railways plus a fresh strike on TfL services. Our Transport Correspondent BBCTomEdwards on what to expect tomorrow. Updates here:
We've been reporting on the beginnings of this week's rail strikes - and it's safe to say a lot of statements have been made by a lot of competing figures.Who spoke? The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers, RMT for short.
He also accused the rail companies of failing to come up with adequate proposals during talks, including giving"any guarantee against compulsory redundancies"In a statement to the Commons, the minister said the government is keeping out of talks aimed at averting the strikes - but warned that the industrial action would"endanger" jobs rather than save them
Shapps also said the government is doing everything it can to minimise the disruption being caused by the strikes but admitted there would be"mass disruption"Responding to Shapps in Westminster, Haigh accused the government of a"catastrophic failure of leadership" and said today's"sham" talks were"set up to fail"
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