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Biggest rail strike in 30 years brings UK to standstill

Britain's biggest rail strike in 30 years kicked off on Tuesday as tens of thousands of staff walked out in a dispute over pay and jobs that could pave the way for widespread industrial action across the economy in the coming months.

Reuters

Train strikes: RMT to hold fresh talks with rail companies but Thursday’s action to go ahead – as it happened

Union says Tuesday’s strikes had seen ‘fantastic’ turnout at picket lines and ‘exceeded expectations’

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson news – live: No 10 fails to deny PM discussed two top jobs for Carrie

Latest claim follows reports prime minister tried to hire Carrie as his chief of staff when he was foreign secretary in 2018

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From north to south, UK PM Johnson faces prospect of bruising by-election defeats

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson could this week lose two parliamentary seats that once illustrated his broad appeal, showing his declining popularity that could spur his party to try to find a way to oust him.

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Labour seeks to ensure Johnson quickly appoints new ethics adviser

Opposition motion would mean potentially hostile candidate could get job if role is not filled within two months

The Guardian - UK

The Tories may relish a fight over Rwanda deportations, but that doesn’t mean they will win

To succeed, the government must not only upset the left but also deter asylum seekers, says author Daniel Trilling

The Guardian - UK

‘Biggest shutdown in 30 years’: What the papers say about the rail strikes

Tuesday’s papers focus on the industrial action kicking off across Britain today

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‘Britain runs into the buffers’: what the papers say about the rail strikes

Criticism of the government’s failure to prevent the walkouts mix with PM’s call for pay restraint, and business fears about economic damage

The Guardian - AU

Train passengers face travel misery as major strike starts

Last-ditch talks failed to resolve the bitter dispute over pay, jobs and conditions.

The Independent UK

'PM and a train full of Tory MPs and ministers appear to relish rail strikes'

This Tory government is making our problems even more challenging while Shapps inflames the dispute to try and score cheap political points while goind easy on the bosses

Daily Mirror

Lindsay Hoyle introduces new Westminster cat named after Clement Attlee

Attlee follows in the steps of other parliamentary moggies such as Palmerston, Gladstone and Larry

The Guardian - UK

Labour calls vote to give MPs powers to appoint new ethics adviser

The proposals would give a parliamentary committee the right to initiate its own investigations into potential breaches of the ministerial code.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson suggested TWO plum jobs for wife Carrie - including one with the royals

Prime Minister Boris Johnson talked to aides about getting wife Carrie two jobs, including one with Prince William and Kate Middleton's Earthshot Prize, but the plans were vetoed by his closest aides, sources tell the Mirror

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson plans to break rail strikes by allowing use of agency workers

Unions condemn measure as potentially against international law as 40,000 staff prepare for first day of industrial action

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Keir Starmer to rule out bringing back free movement if Labour wins power

The Labour leader promised party members he would “defend free movement as we leave the EU” when he was elected leader - but he is expected to rule it out in a new speech on Brexit

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson general election victory would be ‘disaster’, says Chris Patten

Former Conservative party chair says decision by Tory MPs to keep Johnson as leader was ‘terrible weakness’

The Guardian - UK

Commonwealth leaders head to Rwanda for first summit since 2018

Key issues will include trade, the fate of the organisation after Prince Charles becomes king, and the British deportation scheme

The Independent UK

Tory minister heard of alleged plan to appoint Carrie Johnson to government job in 2018

Alan Duncan noted the claim in his diaries at the time

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Downing Street intervened over 'false' claim PM tried to give Carrie a job

A report by the Times included a claim that the Boris Johnson sought to appoint Carrie as his chief of staff when he was Foreign Secretary before they were married

The Independent UK

Labour to force Commons vote on new ethics watchdog after Lord Geidt’s exit

Keir Starmer’s party wants cross-party group of MPs to appoint adviser who can probe rule breaches

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson ‘feeling well’ and due to take meetings after minor operation

The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said the routine procedure ‘went well’ and Mr Johnson is ‘pleased to be back in No 10’.

Reuters

UK PM Boris Johnson getting back to work after routine operation

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson had a minor, routine operation under general anaesthetic on Monday related to his sinuses, his spokesman said, adding he had recovered well and would take meetings at his Downing Street office.

The Guardian - UK

No 10 confirms it asked the Times to drop Carrie Johnson story

Newspaper swiftly withdrew article alleging Boris Johnson tried to hire his future wife as chief of staff

The Guardian - UK

Whenever Johnson has a problem, he calls Zelenskiy – and the bill is rapidly mounting

Each domestic disaster is followed by a call pledging more aid to Kyiv – it’s the most expensive therapy session in history, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

The rail strikes are just the start. Tory cruelty has left workers no choice but to fight back

Johnson will scapegoat the unions, but after 12 years of frozen and falling wages, their members can’t afford another pay cut, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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