Rishi Sunak says there has been an 'unacceptable deterioration' in Avanti’s service
Avanti, like many other operators, has been hit in recent months by a wave of railway strikes due to disputes over pay. Earlier in the week, the railway operator was forced to delay its mainline to only one train per hour
Ms Mcvey said in Parliament:" Now you’d be very lucking if you got a direct train and the journey time is… often double, and that’s not restricted to strike days, that’s day in day out on Avanti trains.” She asked “what the Government’s going to do to sort this out and get the west coast service back to what it used to be because the service at the moment is completely unacceptable”.
RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said: “Cleaners are an integral part of our railways and it is a national disgrace that many languish on the minimum wage, with no company sick or holiday pay, when they were rightly considered heroes during Covid. Labour mayors from West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Manchester, Liverpool and North Tyneside will urge Trnasport Secretary Mark Harper to improve the situation later on Wednesday.
“This chaos is having a devastating impact on the northern economy and our attempts to rebuild from the pandemic, while we try and support our communities against the cost-of-living crisis with record levels of inflation.
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