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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andrew Woodcock

Ministers acting as ‘commentators not players’ in rail strike dispute, says Labour

Simon Calder

Labour has accused Boris Johnson’s government of acting as a “commentator rather than a player” over looming rail strikes, as they called on ministers to sit down with unions and companies to seek a resolution to their dispute.

The prime minister described the industrial action planned by the RMT rail union for late June as “reckless and wanton” and urged Sir Keir Starmer at prime minister’s questions in the Commons to condemn the strikes.

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