ASLEF have just announced fresh strikes, this time against LNER. Strikes every weekend until the end of November…
Whelan says it’s a separate dispute from the one agreed two days ago with Labour, blaming “a breakdown in industrial relations.” Seeing as LNER is state-owned, it looks like former union employee Louise Haigh will have more negotiations to do. Did someone say domino effect?
Speaking to Sky News off the back of Rachel Reeves’ Air Passenger Duty hike, Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary said:
“Labour is dependent on those Red Wall seats, and yet every move she makes poisons economic growth and damages the UK’s recovery… it’s the Chancellor who stumbles from policy misstep to policy misstep… I think her policy decisions are incredibly stupid.”