Commuter belt MPs and passengers turned up the heat on unions on Friday over “cruel” and “selfish” rail and Tube strikes planned for next week during the cost-of-living crisis, school exam season and as Britain tries to recover from the Covid pandemic.
The Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union was accused of “seriously misreading the public mood” with its plan to hit London with a “double whammy” of walk-outs, on the rail network and Underground on Tuesday, followed by two more days of rail strikes which will inflict around a week of travel chaos.
