putting plans in place to mitigate the impact on 2.5 million students. elsewhere, thousands of postal workers have begun a 48 hour strike over pay, jobs and conditions in the run up to black friday. royal mail said it had made its best and final offer to staff and accused unions of holding christmas to ransom. staff said the offer would spell the end of royal mail as we know it . 0ur chief political correspondent nick eardleyjoins us now from westminster. morning to you. we have summed it up. there are a number of strikes happening today across the uk. there are talks going on in relation to the railways as well. the railways as well. paint the icture. the railways as well. paint the picture- it the railways as well. paint the picture- it is the railways as well. paint the picture. it is pretty the railways as well. paint the picture. it is pretty bleak. - the railways as well. paint the i picture. it is pretty bleak. feels like there is more industrial unrest as the days g
universities say they are putting plans in place to mitigate the impact on 2.5 million students. the sector has over £a0 billion of reserves. last year it created larger surpluses than ever before. the bottom line is vice chancellor is want to invest in buildings not staff. it is not right., it is not right for students. we are going on strike because we know the money is there, vice chancellors are saying they do not want to pay it to staff. elsewhere, thousands of postal workers have begun a a8 hour strike over pay, jobs and conditions in the run up to black friday. royal mail said it had made its best and final offer to staff and accused unions of holding christmas to ransom. staff said the offer would spell the end of royal mail as we know it . our members are fighting for theirjobs. we re fighting against compulsory redundancies. we re actually fighting to also save the service, the service that has served this country well
in the uk have begun a 48 hour strike over pay, jobs and conditions in the run up to black friday. royal mail said it had made its best and final offer to staff and accused unions of holding christmas to ransom. staff said the offer would spell the end of royal mail as we know it . our members are fighting for theirjobs. we re fighting against compulsory redundancies. we re actually fighting to also save the service, the service that has served this country well for so many years and can still go on being a major contributor to the uk economy. that s what this dispute is about. it s also about saving the service for the public and defending all of the work that our postal workers do on a daily basis in every community across the uk. get in touch with me on twitter about the strikes are any of the other sorties were recovering today.
thousands of postal workers have begun a 48 hour strike in a long running dispute about pay, jobs and conditions. royal mail said it had made its best and final offer to staff and accused unions of holding christmas to ransom . unions say the offer on the table would spell the end of royal mail as we know it . what we are hoping for and what mr harper has committed to is giving us an outcome for this meeting which will be a letter to me, saying how he sees this going forward and taking forward steps towards a
a a8 hour strike in a long running dispute about pay, jobs and conditions. royal mail said it had made its best and final offer to staff and accused unions of holding christmas to ransom . unions say the offer on the table would spell the end of royal mail as we know it. the head of the rail union the rmt, mick lynch, is having his first meeting today with the new transport secretary mark harper. earlier this week the rmt announced dates for a series of a8 hour strikes in december and january. the talks are taking place at the moment. 0ur tranport correspondent katy austin is there. what is the latest on those talks, katy? that s right. the transport secretary mark harper is meeting with the rmt s mick lynch in the building behind me. it is not part of the official negotiations in the rail dispute at mark harper also has a meeting set up with the tssa union and the leader of aslef, the train driver union. however, the meeting with mick lynch today has acquired