The UK is heading for a summer of discontent as the cost of living crisis, upcoming rail strikes and a rise in Covid infections threaten to unleash misery across the nation.
Half of Britain's train lines will be closed during strikes by the RMT union next week, while transport bosses have "strongly encouraged" people not to travel on the tube on June 21 because of a 24-hour walkout.
Meanwhile, more than 115,000 Royal Mail workers are also set to be balloted for industrial action in a row over pay in the coming months, severely impacting postal and parcel deliveries.
