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At the moment. the union said that previous strikes had made the rail companies see sense, and it looks forward to intensive negotiations to try and reach a settlement. the rail delivery group said it's glad the union stepped back from the brink, and it too is committed to negotiating, but it warned passengers will see disruption on monday as well, as it's too late to change strike rosters. the advice is to only travel if absolutely necessary. mark ashdown, bbc news. despite the cancellation of the strikes, there will be disruption today. is that what you have seen? that is right. at leeds sta...

Impact on britain's economy. obviously, the passenger railway is really important to us, but the freight traffic is exceptionally important to us. keeping the lights on at a time when we're talking about blackouts for other reasons, the last thing we want is for critical freight to not be able to get around the network as well because of this disruption. the new transport secretary, anne—marie trevelyan, says she's confident a deal can be brokered, but only with compromise on both sides. the rmt is about to re—ballot for a fresh strike mandate, which means industrial action could run well ...

Operators, network rail table pay offer which it says amounts to 8% over two years. we pay offer which it says amounts to 896 over two years.— to 896 over two years. we have significantly — to 896 over two years. we have significantly changed _ to 896 over two years. we have significantly changed what i to 896 over two years. we have significantly changed what we | significantly changed what we were proposing originally and were proposing originally and we will continue to have discussions but i think we need to see is compromised from the other side as well, and some realism, frankly, abo...

Economy for everyone. we are not into the politics of envy, where we want to deliberately penalise people who have been working hard. we want to cut taxes for everybody. and the danger, by the way, if you have tax rates that are too high, for either companies or for individuals, you drive them away. companies have a choice very often about where they locate — we want them to choose to locate here in the united kingdom. in the financial markets, the cost of borrowing for the uk government went up after the statement yesterday, and the pound fell to a 37—year low against the dollar. the new ...

Are resilient, but unless there is movement in this dispute, nothing here will move for at least a week. marc ashdown, bbc news. let's talk about the impact of this. i'm joined now by mark 0akley, from magnus group, a haulage firm at great blakenham, near ipswich. thank you for being with us today. normally of this period, 80 days or whatever, how many of your containers would be coming in and out of felixstowe? —— eight days. fin out of felixstowe? -- eight days. on an out of felixstowe? —— eight days. q�*i an average week, we would be out of felixstowe? —— eight days. q�*u a...