Rishi Sunak will speak to his cabinet about rail strikes today after a union announced days of extra strikes over Christmas in the long-running dispute over pay, jobs and conditions
It is building on a wave of strikes among other professions, including teachers and bus drivers.
She added:"I want to see our trains running on time and the work is being paid fairly and decently, and I think that there is a deal to be done to get there." Earlier in the year, Sir Keir Starmer told Sky News"you can't sit around the cabinet table and then go to a picket line".Transport secretary on rail strikes: 'We did our bit'
The Cabinet Office said that about 2,000 military personnel, civil servants and other volunteers from across government have been training as part of the government's contingency planning.Commuters react to rail strikes: 'They shouldn't inconvenience people'
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