Network Rail has denied sending Welsh staff to run English rail services during the strikes. The organisation was responding after Mark Drakeford said accused them of doing it during First Minister’s Questions on Tuesday, June 21.
Responding to Welsh Conservative Leader Andrew RT Davies' query on whether the First Minister supported the rail strikes, he said: "There are no strikes in Wales, there is no dispute between Transport for Wales and the trade union where I am responsible for these things."
The First Minister continued: "Let me explain to the leader of the opposition why trains aren’t running in Wales. It’s because his government has created a dispute with Network Rail, and Network Rail have removed some of the staff who could have been available to make trains run in Wales in order to keep trains running in England.
