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Ross Lydall

OPINION - Even with an £80,000 salary, I still wouldn't want to be a Tube driver

Three years of pay rises guaranteed to keep pace with inflation, a 35-hour week, and a salary approaching £80,000: who wouldn’t want to be a Tube driver?

Well, me actually (though never say never, the world of journalism being what it is). Many other Londoners would probably feel the same, if they thought hard about it.

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