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Mark harper said there had to be reforms to the rail system to free up money for a pay offer for workers, and warned there wasn�*t a "bottomless pit" of taxpayers money to throw at the problem. here�*s our political correspondent, helen catt. there have been repeated walk—outs on the railways for months. just yesterday, it was the drivers out on a day—long strike. guards and signallers are among the staff who will hold another series of walk—outs, this time for 48 hours each time, in december and january. this morning, the transport secretary, mark harper, said he wanted to see the d...

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Is not allowing you to make the offer you want? we is not allowing you to make the offer you want?— is not allowing you to make the offer ou want? ~ ., ., , ., offer you want? we want to sit down with rmt and _ offer you want? we want to sit down with rmt and work _ offer you want? we want to sit down with rmt and work forward. - offer you want? we want to sit down with rmt and work forward. i say - with rmt and work forward. i say their details on both sides that need to be resolved. that's an area we need to talk to rmt about but putting strike action not resolve that. it's actually sittin...

And you prepared for quite a long time for this potential confrontation. we have to say potential because it might not end in strikes. absolutely, we've been talking to the employers for a long, long time, since covid started. they brought out their reform package there to get stuff in place for covid, to change the services. and this is a follow on from covid, one way or the other, about the changes that happened on the railways. so we've got to deal with it. and i hope we don't go on strike but we have to have that in our top pocket, is my opinion. and you did say that you could bring the co...

Potential confrontation. we have to say potential because it might not end in strikes. absolutely, we've been talking to the employers for a long, long time, since covid started. they brought out their reform package. they had to get stuff in place for covid, to change the services. and this is a follow on from covid, one way or the other, about the changes that happened on the railways. so we've got to deal with it. and i hope we don't go on strike but we have to have that in our top pocket, is my opinion. and you did say that you could bring the country to a standstill. could you? would you?...