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Strike? What strike? Top Tories attend ball with Abba tribute night before walkout

Conservative ministers were on Tuesday criticised for attending a lavish summer ball the night before Britain was hit by the rail strikes.

Evening Standard

Boris Johnson pits rail strike workers against public and says Brits can't have pay rise

The rail strike was the top of the agenda in Boris Johnson's Cabinet meeting as he said workers were “aggravating” the nation’s teenagers, workers and pensioners - and rebuffed calls for a proper pay rise this year, leading to fears of a Summer of Discontent

Daily Mirror

Inside the Tory summer ball where dinner with PM sold for £120,000

TORY apparatchiks and Government ministers gathered on Monday night for a party fundraiser where shooting weekends and dinners with grandees were…

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Londoner’s Diary: Nicky Morgan calls for Lords gender equality

In today’s Diary: Morgan calls for peers equality... and a Murdoch summer bash / Author of Zelenskyy’s new book speaks / Hislop on Parthenon Marbles return / Paramount+ party

Evening Standard

Labour drawn into rail strikes row as frontbenchers ordered away from picket lines

Labour, the party of working people, has been criticised for not overtly backing unions rail strikes that have kicked off today. Sharon Graham, general secretary of the Unite union said "we expect Labour MPs to defend workers, by words and by actions".

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson: Lord Geidt ‘believes Carrie job claim ripe for investigation’

Ethics adviser who quit in fury thinks allegation ‘could be a matter for his successor’

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson victory at next election would be ‘disaster’ for Tories and Britain, says former party chair

Under current PM, government is not Conservative but English Nationalist, says Chris Patten

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Rail strikes explained - why are RMT workers striking and what it means for Labour and the Tories

Millions of Brits are facing travel chaos as the Government goes to war with unions. But what's it all about? Here we sort the facts from the politics on the rail strikes

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson braces travellers more misery as PM backs plan for strike-breaking agency workers

The Prime Minister told cabinet colleagues that strikes could continue through the summer as Downing St brought forward plans allowing companies to recruit replacement staff.

Daily Record

Boris Johnson warns public to brace for more transport chaos in bitter rail dispute

The Prime Minister said a package of modernising reforms is vital for the railways as he signalled that the industrial unrest could continue

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson 'suggested COP26 and royal family jobs for wife Carrie'

BORIS Johnson suggested to Downing Street advisers that his wife Carrie should be appointed to two high-profile jobs, it is reported.

The National (Scotland)

Britain and Russia are enemies in Ukraine – but both want to disrupt Europe

The Northern Ireland protocol row shows the similarities between two former imperial powers, says Dutch author Caroline de Gruyter

The Guardian - UK

No 10 defends above-inflation rise for pensioners but not public sector workers – as it happened

Pensions triple lock likely to be ‘significantly higher’ but PM’s spokesman says similar public sector rise would be inflationary

The Guardian - UK

Government accused of hypocrisy over plans to cut limits on banking bosses’ pay

Outrage over ‘two sets of rules’ after ministers call for pay restraint in public sector

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The Independent UK

Online train journey planner fails as rail strike cripples services

Passengers attempting to use the National Rail Enquiries website to find out what trains are running are being shown an error message.

The National (Scotland)

Tories plot to cut rules on City bosses' pay – while railing against public sector rises

TORY ministers are plotting to slash controls on City bosses’ pay, while calling for wage restraint in the public sector.

The Guardian - UK

Someone must tell Britain about the real cost of war in Ukraine – does Johnson have the authority?

After the last time the prime minister asked us to suffer for the greater good, the public may not be impressed, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

Reuters

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.

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The Guardian - UK

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 Independent 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

Reuters

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.

The Guardian - UK

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 Independent 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

The Guardian - AU

‘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

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