union said it would involve a many batch as many as 50,000 workers coming out for a strike in three days. that will be a 21st, the 23rd and the 25th ofjune. that gap in between each of them it s a tuesday, thursday and saturday. it s going to cause disruption across network rail and 13 different train operators. this is a dispute over pay. network rail or a saying they want to pay freeze. the union said that s not acceptable when you ve got inflation running up to and above 10%. we have got a statement from the rmt general secretary saying we have a cost of living crisis and it s unacceptable for a railway worker is saying they want to pay freeze. the union said that s not acceptable when you ve got inflation running up to and above 10%. we have got a statement from the rmt general secretary saying we have a cost of living crisis and it s unacceptable for railway workers to lose theirjobs or face another year of a pay freeze when inflation is at 11.1% and rising. of a pay freeze when
brutal petrol hikes. the department for business said the cut to fuel duty had been the biggest ever. experts say it s unlikely the pressure on motorists wallets will ease soon. thousands of rail workers across the uk will stage three days of strike action later this month in a dispute over pay and jobs. the rmt union has said it will shut down the rail network after talks over pay and redundancies fell through. our correspondent theo leggett is at kings cross station in london. when will the strikes happen, theo? well, this is being billed as the biggest stoppage on the rail network in decades. three days of strikes have been scheduled, the first on the 21st ofjune, a tuesday, followed by the following thursday, the 23rd ofjune, and then saturday the 23rd ofjune, and then saturday the 25th ofjune. that coincides with summer events starting up, including the glastonbury festival. some 40,000 workers across the country are expected to walk out, and on the first occasion, it will
bringing us tomorrow. with me are annabel denham, who s director of communications at the iea, the institute of economic affairs, the free market think tank, and also with me is the broadcaster, john stapleton. tomorrow s front pages, starting with the metro leads on the rmt s planned strike, which will see more than 50,000 workers walk out on the 21st, 23rd and 25th ofjune. friends close but your enemies closer? the telegraph reports that borisjohnson is being urged to make jeremy hunt chancellor of the exchequer to heal rifts within the tory party. the guardian reports that conservative mps are planning vote strikes to paralyse law making and capitalise on the borisjohnson no confidence vote.
in the europa conference league tonight. after a goalless first leg, leicester got off to a bad start in eindhoven when youri tielemans mistake lead to eran zahavi putting the dutch side ahead. but leicester fought back in the second half with james maddison drawing them level. and then ricardo pereira scoring the winner withjust a few minutes remaining. they ll playjose mourinho s roma for a place in the final. scotland s delayed world cup play off semi final with ukraine has been rescheduled for the 1st ofjune. the fixtures were postponed due to russia s invasion of ukraine. if steve clarke s side progress, they ll take on wales in the play off final in cardiff on the 5th ofjune. the winner of that match will play in qatar in group b alongside england, usa and iran. following some controversial comments from their manager this week, the northenr ireland women s team
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