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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

What are the UK rail strikes about and how long will they go on?

Biggest stoppages in decades involving 40,000 Network Rail staff could spread across public sector

The Guardian - UK

Tuesday briefing: Rail strike chaos – what you need to know

In today’s newsletter: Archie Bland looks at how to navigate the biggest rail industrial action in Britain in decades – and why it’s just the start of a summer of discontent

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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

The Guardian - UK

Easyjet cancels thousands of flights plunging holiday plans into chaos

Airline says it doesn't as yet even know how many trips will be impacted by the decision

Leeds Live

Rail strikes in Scotland will cause 'misery' for passengers as blame game begins

Rail services will grind to a halt across much of the UK on Tuesday as union members walk out in the biggest railway strike in 30 years.

Daily Record

Glastonbury revellers face travel chaos as most trains already axed over rail strike

Billie EIlish, Paul McCartney and Kendrick Lamar will headline Glastonbury Festival this weekend - but many music fans will struggle to get to Worthy Farm with many trains cancelled as 40,000 rail workers strike

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Public sector workers should expect below inflation pay rises, warns Tory minister

A Treasury Minister claimed that high wage settlements could push inflation even higher as Scottish public sector workers start balloting over pay.

Daily Record

Workers won't get inflation-busting pay hike as biggest rail strike in decades looms

Treasury Minister Simon Clarke said the strike was 'likely' to go ahead but insisted ministers won't get round the table to resolve the dispute over pay and redundancy

Daily Mirror

Rail strikes will go ahead as RMT leader says government ‘actively prevented settlement to dispute’ – as it happened

General secretary Mick Lynch confirms strike action will proceed, as transport secretary Grant Shapps says rail unions to blame

The Guardian - UK

UK minister warns public workers to brace for real-term pay cuts amid rail strikes

No 10 urges private sector firms against giving out pay rises as inflation feared to rise above 10%

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Easyjet announces more flights to be cancelled this summer

Airline has already been hit by major disruption and the new announcement spells misery for travellers

Chronicle Live

Rail strikes ‘likely to go ahead’, as minister rejects calls to end boycott of talks

Simon Clarke insists ‘employers’ must carry out negotiations – despite railways being effectively state run

The Independent UK

Train and Tube strikes: Minister fears biggest rail strike in 30 years will go ahead despite last ditch talks

A minister has said he fears this week’s rail and Tube strikes will go ahead and that the public should get ready for widespread disruption - despite last ditch talks between rail companies and union chiefs.

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Workers cannot expect pay rises to keep up with soaring cost of living, Treasury warns

Chief Secretary Simon Clarke said pay claims to match inflation will simply push prices even higher

The Independent UK

Treasury issues warning of 1970s-style wage-price spiral

Chief Secretary Simon Clarke said pay claims to match inflation will simply push prices even higher.

Daily Mirror

Worrying interactive map shows UK Covid red zones where cases are surging in NEW wave

An interactive map shows the parts of the UK which are seeing the biggest surge in Covid cases as a new wave led by Omicron strains BA.4 and BA.5

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Expert warns new Covid wave 'may have been caused by Jubilee bank holiday'

Dr Simon Clarke, Associate Professor in Cellular Microbiology, University of Reading, said any surge could have been boosted by the four-day weekend celebrations

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Expert links UK Covid surge to jubilee weekend and says it could last to autumn

Describing a worst-case scenario, there "could be waves of people being unwell, sort of mass sickness," said Dr Simon Clarke, Associate Professor in Cellular Microbiology, University of Reading

Nottingham Post

Jubilee weekend celebrations may have triggered new Covid wave in the UK, expert says

According to new data, England and Northern Ireland are beginning to see a rise in cases

Daily Mirror

New Covid wave may have been caused by Jubilee as expert warns no end in sight

Dr Simon Clarke, Associate Professor in Cellular Microbiology, University of Reading, said Covid "will keep coming back" as Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 variants lead new wave of infections

Chronicle Live

North East MPs react as Boris Johnson narrowly escapes vote of no confidence

Earlier today, Sir Graham Brady announced that he had received enough letters of no confidence from Conservative MPs to trigger the vote.

Wales Online

Sunak denies using £21bn support package to deflect from No 10 lockdown parties

The Chancellor confronted criticism that the funding to help people with the cost-of-living crisis was announced as part of a plan to move the focus on from the publication of Sue Gray’s report

Daily Mirror

UK monkeypox cases more than double again as outbreak continues to spread

It comes as Scotland today recorded its first monkeypox case - medics have described the risk to the public as low and ministers have assured it is not a 'repeat of' Covid-19

Evening Standard

I arranged the meeting, the menu, the venue, the seating

You never want to be the one who has to find a meeting room in Whitehall. There are never any going spare and, at least in my experience, the Cabinet Office (1916-2022) block books them all months in advance so you end up discussing the Northern Ireland Executive’s draft budget…

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