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It is no way to run a city, let alone the country’s economic powerhouse. The latest short-term funding deal for TfL runs out tomorrow. Without a new agreement, the Mayor says that the network will have no choice but to enter a period of “managed decline” that could overturn years…

A prominent London MP on Thursday said the Government should consider taking Transport for London out of Sadiq Khan’s hands because of the ongoing Tube strikes and proposed bus cuts.

From accusations of ‘RMT intransigence’ to ‘government meddling’ behind the scenes, we check the facts

Daniel Randall, assistant chair of the RMT Bakerloo branch, emphasised the Tube strike - unlike the national rail strike - was not about pay

While there’s only one official strike day on London’s tubes, disruption is expected to spill over into at least one other day of this week

Travellers advised to ‘avoid travelling where possible’

Most train services in Great Britain cancelled on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday in dispute over pay and conditions

The industrial action, which starts at midnight, will be the largest transport strikes in more than 30 years with half of Britain’s train lines shut down

Now is not the time for drop intros – we can leave those at home – but if you read only one piece on the rail and Tube strikes, make it this one by transport journalist Christian Wolmar.