Nandy sides with both public and workers as rail strikes loom

Lisa Nandy said the pay of rail workers had been ‘attacked’ over last decade. Photograph: Richard Saker/The Observer

The shadow levelling up secretary, Lisa Nandy, has said she is on the side of both the public and workers as unions prepare to stage major strike action on the rail network in the coming weeks.

Nandy fell short of explicitly backing or opposing the planned industrial action during an interview on ITV’s Good Morning Britain, instead saying Labour wanted to avoid strikes.