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Pay rise for one year, dependent on changes designed to make driver training quicker, and another 4% a rise for next year, if changes to ways of working are agreed with individual operators, for example a contractual commitment to work sunday shifts and giving employers full control of staff rotas. that's fair and reasonable, insist the rail industry and the government, adding it would take the average driver's salary to £65,000. the union argues the deal contains things it could never accept. travel to big events including the fa cup final and epsom derby will be disrupted by saturday's stri...

So the statement from the cabinet office saying they have handed over 0ffice saying they have handed over all the material in full. this is borisjohnson all the material in full. this is boris johnson really trying to all the material in full. this is borisjohnson really trying to put the ball in the government's court, trying to say he is not the obstacle but the wider picture remains, the government is at loggerheads with the covid inquiry about what material it is going to provide. tomorrow we will find out if ministers intend to continue to resist its demands.— ministers intend to contin...

That's fair and reasonable, insist the rail industry and the government, adding it would take the average driver's salary to £65,000. the union argues the deal contains things it could never accept. travel to big events including the fa cup final and epsom derby will be disrupted by saturday's strike. aslef insists it hasn't deliberately targeted them. under the legislation we have to give a minimum 1a days' notice. so we gave the bare minimum of 1a days' notice for the first action. subsequent actions are then based around not hitting the same people twice, about roster patterns and what's b...

Turned into a long series of strikes on the railway. although it has reached a deal with network rail, the rmt union's stand—off with 1a train companies continues, with no obvious end in sight. it's announced another walk—out involving 20,000 rail workers, such as train guards and station staff, on the 2nd ofjune. there were already strikes in the diary that week by train drivers in the aslef union at more than a dozen the 31st of may, and saturday, the 3rd ofjune, the date of the fa cup final. so that means there will be three strikes in four days and there will be widespread disruption f...

Barbara plett—usher, bbc news, southern kenya. back here in the uk. uk rail passengers face another strike onjune 2 after the trade union, the rmt, demanded a better offer to resolve its ongoing dispute over pay, jobs and working conditions. it is the third walkout to be announced over the school half—term break. the government has accused the union of going "out of its way" to make travelling by train to the fa cup final, epsom derby and a number of concerts "more difficult" for thousands of people. our transport correspondent katy austin has this report. it is coming up to a year since t...