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Politicians have hit out at workers amid today’s Tube strike in London and ongoing industrial action disrupting the nation’s railways.
PM hopeful Liz Truss said she “will not let our country be held to ransom by militant trade unionists”, telling The Express: “As Prime Minister I’ll crackdown on the debilitating strikes that cripple the vital services that hard-working people rely on.”
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps, meanwhile, has threatened to impose new working terms on striking rail employees, revealing plans to use a section 188 order to end the disputes and saying: “That is the direction that this is moving in now.”
Around 10,000 Tube workers in the RMT union have walked out for 24 hours today in a dispute over jobs and pensions, following the chaos of yesterday’s train strikes.
The capital’s transport network has ground to a halt as a result, with only two TfL lines currently running a “good service”: the Elizabeth Line and DLR.
More than 1,000 bus drivers working for United London are also participating in industrial action on both Friday and Saturday.
Eight TfL lines remain fully suspended amid strikes
As the end of the working day approaches, eight of TfL’s lines, all Underground routes, remain completely out of action. They are: the Bakerloo, Circle, Hammersmith & City, Jubilee, Metropolitan, Piccadilly, Victoria and Waterloo & City Lines.
The Elizabeth Line and DLR are the only two TfL lines with a good service.
Meanwhile the London Overground has no service between Liverpool Street – Cheshunt / Chingford / Enfield Town due to strike action, but a good service on other areas of the line.
On the Central line a reduced service is operating between White City and West Ruislip, between Liverpool Street and Hainault via Newbury Park and between Leytonstone and Epping approximately every 15 minutes.
As with earlier, a reduced District Line service is operating between West Ham and Dagenham East, approximately every 15 minutes.
Lucy Thackray19 August 2022 15:42
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