The political focus this morning was centred around the three days’ worth of railway disruption due to begin on Tuesday. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps joined Sophy Ridge to make the case against strike action, taking aim at the leadership of the RMT union:
Union calls for government meeting are ‘a stunt’
Sophie Raworth also interviewed Shapps, and asked him about last week’s call from the RMT to get around the negotiating table with government:
Mick Lynch – ‘We’re facing a crisis’
RMT leader Mick Lynch also joined Ridge to put forward the case for industrial action. Lynch took issue with Shapps, raising possible job cuts as a particular bone of contention:
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