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Train strikes kick off summer of travel misery - with Grant Shapps 'doing nothing'

Flights cancelled, railways grind to a halt, petrol prices rise again... and STILL Transport Secretary Shapps refuses to do anything as a last-ditch bid to avert the three-day national action by train staff fails

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'By refusing to negotiate rail strike Government has all but admitted it wanted this'

'The Transport Secretary argued it was a matter for the union and employers, conveniently forgetting that as the person ultimately in charge of Network Rail he is the employer'

Daily Mirror

Grant Shapps calls rail strike ‘callous’ as it impacts his daughter’s exam day

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has branded the rail strikes “callous” as he said his daughter’s exam day would be affected.

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Tories to bring in law that lets agency staff do jobs of striking workers

Labour accused the government of adopting the P&O Ferries "playbook" and said replacing staff "cannot and must not be an option"

Daily Mirror

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps dismisses calls to act over rail strikes

The Transport Secretary was accused of 'washing his hands' of the dispute.

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Tube strike is on as TfL warns Londoners to avoid travelling until Wednesday mid-morning

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

Evening Standard

Last-ditch talks fail to resolve rail row with strikes to go ahead

Thousands of members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union at Network Rail and 13 train operators will walk out on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

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The Northern Agenda: North's latest grooming bombshell

Oldham follows in the footsteps of Rotherham, Rochdale and Keighley

Manchester Evening News

Strike-ageddon — the Tube, the unions and the biggest rail walk-out in 30 years

As London braces itself for an onslaught of industrial action across the transport network, what’s at stake, what is the Mayor doing — and will it continue for months? Christian Wolmar reports

Evening Standard

UK at risk of further strikes as teachers and NHS staff issue warning

It comes as more than 40,000 members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union are set to cripple the UK’s transport network by staging 24-hour walkouts on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday

Evening Standard

Grant Shapps accuses union of ‘punishing millions of innocent people’ with strikes next week

The Transport Secretary alleged the RMT had ‘ignored’ requests to negotiate a deal ahead of widespread industrial action

Evening Standard

Ministers slammed after admitting not meeting RMT over strikes for a month

They have been accused of ‘twiddling their thumbs whilst innocent passengers suffer’

Evening Standard

Tube and rail strikes: Passengers and commuter belt MPs slam ‘cruel’ and ‘selfish’ walkouts

Calls grows to cancel Tube and rail strikes set to cripple London

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AA president: Waive road charges for drivers during rail strike action

Plea to lift tolls for parking and congestion, while unnecessary road works should all be suspended during train and Underground action

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Daily Record

Dunblane locals pen letter in hopes to improve train service after 'temporary timetable' introduced

The letter aims to put pressure on ministers to resolve the current timetable issues.

Daily Mirror

Holidays in jeopardy as Eurostar cancels 41 trains next week due to UK rail strikes

Some train services connecting London with Brussels, Amsterdam and Paris have been scrapped next week due to rail strikes called for by the RMT and other unions

Daily Mirror

Grant Shapps warns striking rail workers they could lose their jobs in hardline speech

The Transport Secretary said rail workers could 'strike themselves out of a job' as he warned he could 'cut the cloth' of railways after the walkout. He also warned he could tear up laws on agency staff this summer and said passengers will get automatic compensation

The Independent UK

Grant Shapps: ‘Rail strikes designed to inflict damage at worst possible time’

Half of Britain’s rail lines will be closed during strikes on June 21, 23 and 25.

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National rail strike June 2022: RMT leadership on why union has not called off strike

The RMT also accused Boris Johnson and the Government of using the June 21, 23 and 25 train strike as a 'political football'

Evening Standard

Tube and rail strikes: Minister makes 11th-hour plea to workers not to follow ‘militant’ unions

In a speech, Mr Shapps said: ‘Today I appeal directly to rail workers, who I think are less militant than their union leaders…..don’t risk striking your industry out of a future.’

Evening Standard

TfL funding row rumbles on as Grant Shapps says savings targets have not been met

The transport funding row between the Government and City Hall picked up on Wednesday as Transport Secretary Grant Shapps accused Transport for London of failing to meet the savings targets imposed as part of its current funding deal.

Daily Mirror

'Tories did not try to prevent rail strike as they want to inflame political divisions'

A responsible government would have intervened to try to resolve the dispute and prevent the disruption. Unions have been repeatedly rebuffed by Transport Secretary Grant Shapps

Daily Mirror

Rail strikes explode into row as Tories fail to meet unions for three MONTHS

Labour said the last meeting between unions and transport ministers was March 8 - despite Grant Shapps leading a Commons debate to attack striking rail workers and Labour

Daily Mirror

UK braced for week of travel chaos with six lines closed - see full list

Train bosses have advised customers to “only travel if absolutely essential” as ten of thousands of workers plan a mass walk-out next week with half of Britain’s rail lines due to be closed

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Rail strike June 2022: RMT calls for meeting with Transport secretary which could call off strike

RMT Secretary Mick Lynch offered to speak directly to Transport Secretary Grant Shapps and Chancellor Rishi Sunak, which could see strike called off if deal is made

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