It is a privilege that not everyone enjoys, but more than 80% of those who had to work from home during the pandemic told the Office for National Statistics earlier this year they plan to keep it that way.The public is likely to have far more sympathy for NHS workers or teachers seeking a big improvement in pay
The government puts the bill for keeping the railways and city transport networks including London Underground afloat during the pandemic at £16bn.Birmingham New Street station says it's at 80% of pre-pandemic traffic from Monday to Friday, though tellingly it is only weekends that are busier than before.
That is inevitably bad news for some of those currently employed and the union response is entirely predictable. Tellingly, Grant Shapps has preferred to attack Labour's stance than entertain any compromise - a position his health and education counterparts may not be able to sustain.
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What, you mean all those keyworkers we clapped for? Give your head a wobble…
Given the enormous amount of monies spent on the Elizabeth Line in London, and what is now obvious that there are less and less people actually using the underground and trains in general,clearly there is and may well continue to be less inclination to transit our country
No there is no case they must not be paid 7/% the tax payer will pay 2% but that is to much when a company is loosing money and passenger numbers down by 25% soon even more . Get the driverless Trains GOV 👍👍👍👍👍👍