Workers should not expect inflation-busting pay rises, a Treasury minister has warned as unions prepare for the biggest rail strike in a generation.
Simon Clarke claimed offering double digit pay hikes would "bake in a repeat of the 1970s" and said it would not be "sustainable" to raise wages in line with spiralling inflation.
The warning of a real terms pay cut for workers comes as Brits face a week of travel chaos with strikes at Network Rail and 13 train operators on Tuesday, Thursday Saturday, and on London Underground tomorrow.
