
Signage at Waterloo station in London during a strike by members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union in a long-running dispute over jobs and pensions (Jonathan Brady/PA)
(Picture: PA Wire)It's the first day of a series of strikes where 40,000 rail workers will walk out across the country until the weekend.
Britain’s train services have effectively been brought to a standstill while Transport Secretary Mark Harper and RMT leader Mick Lynch continue to publicly point the finger at each other over who is to blame for the disruption.