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

Why is minimum service law not being used for England train strikes?

A train driver walks along a platform beside a train
A train driver prepares to travel from Waterloo station on Monday, the first day of the week of disruptions due to train strikes. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/EPA

Train drivers are on strike again this week, bringing services to a halt around England in a series of separate 24-hour stoppages. The government promised in its manifesto to take action to limit the effects of transport strikes by changing the law. But despite new minimum service levels powers to make at least some trains run, no one will be enforcing the legislation this week. What are the new rules – and what is going on?

What are the powers under minimum service levels laws?

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