The cost-cutting programme was part of the conditions of the transport body’s reduced funding settlement with central government after Covid slashed revenues.Īslef said it had a long list of issues that were not resolved, as it announced it would join strike action.įinn Brennan, Aslef’s London Underground organiser, said there were problems around:Ī new attendance procedure which would “mean no right to representation or appeal at stage one of the disciplinary process and the length of all warnings would be doubled from 26 to 52 weeks.” Transport for London (TfL) has been locked in a long-running dispute with unions over plans to reduce staff numbers to save costs. In the UK, Downing Street plays down reports of UK-US split over Ukraine Nato membership after Sunak-Biden meeting The turmoil in the UK mortgage market is continuing: average two-year fixed rates stood at 6.63%, up from 6.54% on Friday and a fraction below their peak of 6.65% on 20 October, during the chaos of the Liz Truss premiership.Ĭhinese consumer prices remained unchanged year-on-year in June, leaving the world’s second-largest economy on the brink of deflation.Īnd a slightly longer read on Rachel Reeves, who wants to be a Labour chancellor.
Some of the UK’s largest mobile phone and broadband providers have been accused of burying cheaper deals for vulnerable customers on their websites. Thames Water has secured £750m of emergency funding from its shareholders but the debt-ridden company warned it would need further funding in the years ahead.
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School is not yet out, but the UK’s transport network appears to be readying itself for summer disruption.ĮasyJet has cancelled 1,700 summer flights, primarily from London Gatwick, potentially disrupting the holiday plans of thousands of passengers.Īnd London Underground drivers will strike on Wednesday 26 July and Friday 28 July in a dispute over pensions and working conditions, the Aslef union has announced.
15.22 BST Closing summary: Transport strikes and cancellations ahead
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