New law to ensure 40% of trains run during strikes, government announces | Politics News

The government will introduce a new law to parliament on Tuesday, which they say will ensure 40% of trains will still run on strike days.

The new minimum service level regulations will also make sure “certain priority routes can remain open” – though it is not yet clear which journeys will be covered.

Other rules will be introduced for border security staff and ambulance workers, in plans Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says will “stop unions de-railing Christmas for millions of people”.

The details follow on from the government’s Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act that it passed in January, giving ministers the power to set minimum service levels across multiple sectors.

The legislation caused an uproar from unions, who called it “an attack on working people”, damaging their rights to strike.

But Mr Sunak said it was the “right long-term decision… to keep people safe and continue delivering the vital public services that hard-working people rely on”.

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