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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent

Train drivers in England to strike during Tory conference

An empty platform at London King’s Cross station in July 2023.
The 24-hour strikes will be the 12th and 13th by train drivers since July 2022. Photograph: James D Morgan/Getty Images

Train drivers have announced two more days of strikes and an overtime ban across England, timed to bring services to a halt at the start and end of the Conservative party conference.

Members of Aslef will strike on Saturday 30 September and Wednesday 4 October, when the Tories’ conference is taking place in Manchester, meaning virtually no national rail services will run in England on those days.

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