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Unions condemn measure as potentially against international law as 40,000 staff prepare for first day of industrial actionBoris Johnson has responded to the biggest rail strikes in a generation with plans to break the industrial action by allowing firms to bring in agency staff, a move unions have decried as unworkable, unsafe and potentially breaking international law.
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Tuesday, 21 June 2022
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- International investors swoop for UK bus and train groupsSome hail ‘golden age of public transport’ as buyers lured by cheap share prices, weak pound and shift to net zero
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- Campaigners urge bus users to have their say on plans to create a national bus network in WalesThe government consultation on a plan to create one network, one timetable and one ticket across the whole of Wales closes on 24 June and transport campaigners have called on people to show support for reforms “that will make things better.”
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- Award for Bridport pensioner who saved bus serviceA PENSIONER who saved a bus service after he offered to fund it from his own pocket has received a prestigious award from transport campaigners.
Route One (Bus and Coach)
- Bus funding in England: Approach is simply not fairThe Transport Committee has started to take oral evidence on its inquiry into the National Bus Strategy (NBS) for England, with the first set of witnesses appearing before the Committee on 18 May.
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