pageantry is over. the king and queen are back now buckingham palace. we queen are back now buckingham palace. ~ ., ., ., palace. we will have a debate that will beain palace. we will have a debate that will begin on palace. we will have a debate that will begin on this palace. we will have a debate that will begin on this king s palace. we will have a debate that will begin on this king s speech. . will begin on this king s speech. the prime minister and leader of the opposition will both rise and give their speeches. that debate goes on for some time. in theory that debates, there will be about at the end of that. in theory, it is a test of the government. to see whether it can get through the commons. the last time a government failed to get a king s speech through was 192a. that is not an outcome we would expect. what you can get a bit of a sense of the debate that will happen our conservative mps enthused by this. that is a really big thing, because many of them ar
this year to deal with post pandemic problems and to get the health service through the hangover from the pandemic. the difficulty you now haveis the pandemic. the difficulty you now have is a stand off where the unions are saying that they need a pay rise and that has got to be this year, but what the government is saying that this year s pay is an issue that this year s pay is an issue that should be behind everyone and to look at next year, that is what the health secretary said, we know people close to him are telling us that he thinks that maybe things could be pressed along a bit quickly next year and there could be no delays. the unions say that is no good, he has to sit around the table now, and that is the only thing that will resolve the industrial action that we are seeing with the health service. . ., ., , regulated railfares in england, where prices are capped by the government, will rise by up to 5.9% from march. season tickets on most commuter journeys and some off peak
the gmb won t. and they want stephen barclay to sit down for pay talks about this year s pay. they say that is the issue, but that is the issue here is not sitting down to talk with them about. here is not sitting down to talk with them about. . , ., ., a, , with them about. damian grammaticas at westminster. and there s more strike action taking place in the coming days. highway workers, represented in red, are walking out, while driving examiners are still on strike, here in the yellow. then from tomorrow, there are strikes affecting regional rail services, the border force, and royal mail. then on christmas eve there s a nationwide rail strike, and bus workers are taking action too. for more details on what s happening, just go to the bbc news website. regulated railfares in england, where prices are capped by the government, will rise by up to 5.9% from march. season tickets on most commuter journeys and some off peak return tickets on long distance routes will be affected. let
are damaging city centre businesses. at the other end of the scale, leisure trips are nearly back to 2019 levels. 0ur transport correspondent caroline davies has more. this was what mornings used to look like but the commute is not back to normal. commuterjourneys are less than half the number they were before the pandemic. more of us are taking the train since the end of the summer holidays, particularly for leisure which is back up to 90% of its pre pandemic levels. but across the country, people are commuting less. 0utside london, commuter journeys are only 54% of what they were and in london it is 41%. while that is good news for holiday spots like seaside getaways and rural retreats, the worry is that fewer people coming into city centres will damage businesses. fewer commuters will absolutely have a big impact on shops and other businesses in big town and city centres.
this was what morning is used to look like but the commute is not back to normal. commuterjourneys are less than half the number they were before the pandemic. more of us are taking the train since the end of the summer holidays, particularly for leisure which is back up to 90% of for leisure which is back up to 90% of its pre pandemic levels. but across the country, people are commuting less. 0utside london, commuter journeys are only 54% of what they were and in commuter journeys are only 54% of what they were and in london it is 41%. while that is good news for holiday spots like seaside getaways and rural retreats, the worry is that fewer people coming into city centres will damage businesses. fewer commuters will absolutely have a big impact on shops and other businesses in town and city centres. our research shows that £33 billion are spent by commuters when they travel. for us as an industry, we re building backup services but we want to go further, we want to introduce tap in