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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Independent and Lauren MacDougall

Voices: ‘£72k is a ridiculously good salary’: Reader debate erupts over London Tube driver wages

Independent readers are split over this week’s Tube strikes and the £72,000 starting salary for drivers.

While some saw the package as generous and questioned the industrial action, others said it’s simply not enough to live in London, echoing Eddie Dempsey, general secretary of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union.

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