deal strings attached to the rmt deal.to 4.5% for this year, i would guess. again, we haven't heard from mick lynch coming out of the department for transport. he's seeing network rail on thursday , and it comes amid thursday, and it comes amid a backdrop here of lots of big pay rises going forward for public sector workers , 5.5% for sector workers, 5.5% for millions of public sector workers, costing about £10 billion. we've got 22% for junior doctors. we've got demands, of course, ironically, from lner drivers. for more strike action on weekends going forward in september, october and november. despite the 40% pay and november. despite the 40% pay rise. so what's happening here is you have unions are getting emboldened by new management, new bosses, of course they do. they do get on because we know that unions do give millions of pounds to labour mps. half of the labour mps elected received nearly £2 million in donations just since may, going back before the election. so there is a relationship here. they get on better,

a different union, the rmt, which represents lots of other rail workers.imilar terms to what aslef was riven. ., �* , similar terms to what aslef was riven. ., �*, ., ,, similar terms to what aslef was riven. ., �*, ., katy austin. the new premier league season kicks off this weekend, with fulham visiting manchester united in the opening fixture tonight. ipswich are back in the top flight, after over 20 years. liverpool have got a new manager, and manchester city are looking to win an unprecedented fifth league title in a row. but, as nesta mcgregor reports, matters off the pitch could cast a shadow over the action on it. manchester city, champions again! a familiar sight — come next may, will it be five in a row for pep guardiola�*s team? 0r runners up the past two years, for arsenal, could it be third time lucky? and it's an arsenal goal! for me, it�*s to get a top—class forward into their squad, then i think that would be enough to take them over the line. and i think if they can do that, then that�*s why i would say arsenal can definitely win the leagu

he's not the same as mick whelan aslef mick lynch as the rmt.alled mick lynch rmt. the rail maintenance union. he says not surprisingly, he wants the same deal for his members as aslef. rewind that. that's the 14% pay rise they got. and finally gps. they're looking for 11%. it comes on top of junior doctors getting 22% and public sector workers generally, millions of them getting 5.5%. who's going to pay for this? the tory party think it's not fair. and they do say that age, age uk point out the charity that we have got, the winter fuel payment has been removed from millions of pensioners. the choice being made here by the labour government. >> ding ding. all aboard the pay rise express and i'm joined now by gb news viewer and former train driver robert macmillan. robert, welcome to the show. so a noble profession. the driving of trains of course, are now becoming very, very politicised. a lot of people saying 70 grand for a four day week, not bad. tell us why you believe train drivers deserve this pay rise . drivers deserve this pay rise. >> we

here, the rmt union is meeting the department for transport today to discuss a new pay offer.ses say workers expect the same terms as those offered to aslef train drivers, which was a 15% three year backdated pay rise. even then, their members working for the lner are threatening to strike over working agreements . police say working agreements. police say they are now treating the stabbing in manchester, which left a woman dead as a domestic incident . 17 year old girl and incident. 17 year old girl and a man aged 64, are still in hospital with life threatening injuries following that attack, while a 43 year old died from her injuries. a 22 year old man is currently in custody after police were called to an address in gorton on sunday night. the number of drug related deaths in scotland has increased by 12% in the last year, figures just released this morning show a 1172 people died, reversing a trend of improvements seen since the peak in 2020. the national records of scotland found the country continues to have the highest rate of drug deaths in the whole of europe . well,

he's a former rmt union chief.asn't happy with the £100 million. he said they should reject the offer and still go back for more and i put it, i put it to him, i put it to him that £100 million and rising wasn't enough for him as a socialist. and i said to him, as you well recall, chris hope. steve hadley, £100 million of other people's money. still not enough for a socialist. we have the technology . chris, hope have the technology. chris, hope back to you. >> exactly right. so you heard there from steve hadley. he's a former general secretary of the rmt. he's he thinks that this money isn't enough for the for the train. the train drivers, 14%, huge, huge numbers here. i mean, 5%. 4.5%, 4.4 4.5% over three years. very difficult for to some justify that. there was no strings attached to it . the no strings attached to it. the tories, helen whately, she's a shadow. transport secretary. secretary. she says this no strings deal means that the this cost will be paid for by passengers and by taxpayers for many years to

i had steve hadley, the former rmt union chair, on the former rmt union chair, on the show, my show earlier100 million is not enough. we should carry on striking. and there was the face of socialism, £100 million of other people's money. still not enough. other people's money. still not enough . and it has to be said. enough. and it has to be said. surely this sends out the message that number 11, the door will be open to be knocked on by any other union. a month into the labour party's power, and they seem to be on a bonanza giveaway to the unions. >> i don't think that's quite fair. i think, first of all, you know, steve speaks for himself. i wouldn't say he was the face of socialism. and mick whelan is obviously putting this offer forward to his union members and encouraged them to take it. he thinks it's a very good offer and i would agree with that. i think they've got a fairly decent offer on the table, and i think it will remain to be seen if number eleven's door is really open to whoever wants to go on strike. i think it shows has been so far. well, i think it shows the power of bei

has starmer got his priorities wrong and anyone from raneem oudeh aj rmt .islamophobia rmt. labour's islamophobia definition is it a blasphemy law by the back door? also now starmer, by cracking down on that poses, i think, the biggest threat to free speech we've seen in our history. children are now on the front line of the free speech war. they're about to get fake news lessons in school and for britain to return to the way . for britain to return to the way. a huge row in a tiny village over the union jack is patriotism under attack in modern britain. >> and there are simply not enough homes. those on the benches opposite knew this

wasn't conditional on changes to working practices the previous governments that were necessary and the rmteek and its general secretary has made it clear he is a similar offer, similar terms to aslef�*s deal. similar offer, similar terms to aslef's deal.— and paddy o'connell will have more on those strikes on newsnight on bbc two shortly. though strike busting pay deals, is the new labour government caving into the unions are clearing up after austerity? the 100 bestselling books of the last 50 years, how many have you read? newsnight is a 10.30 on bbc two, bbc news and on iplayer. thank you very much, paddy. the new premier league season kicked off this evening as manchester united beat fulham 1—0 at old trafford. tomorrow ipswich will start their first season back in the top flight after more than 20 years, and manchester city will be looking to win an unprecedented fifth league title in a row. but as nesta mcgregor reports, matters off the pitch could cast a shadow over the action on it. manchester city, champions again. a familiar sight, come next may will it be five in a row for pep g

has starmer got his priorities wrong and anyone from raneem oudeh aj rmt .bia rmt. labour's islamophobia definition is it a blasphemy law by the back door? also now starmer, by cracking down on that poses, i think, the biggest threat to free speech we've seen in our history. children are now on the front line of the free speech war. they're about to get fake news lessons in school and for britain to return to the way . for britain to return to the way. a huge row in a tiny village over the union jack is patriotism under attack in modern britain. >> and there are simply not enough homes. those on the benches opposite knew this controversy, as labour could compulsory purchase the green belt also . belt also. >> find out why a random group of men were inexplicably called racist at the weekend. on my panel racist at the weekend. on my panel. its express columnist carole malone, journalist benjamin butterworth and ex—tory party chairman jake berry. oh yes . and what did this man do yes. and what did this man do wrong ? wrong? >> bloody warm, isn't it ? >> bloody

the rmt union has confirmed it will enter pay talks with the department for transport next week.n will enter pay talks with the department for transport next week. they will focus on the train operating companies and network rail on the thursday. now for an update on the sport. welcome to sports, our top stories. are you ready for a premier league season? manchester united may not be in front of an opening match. nine months of goal and drama and complaining about var? changes coming for the season. and jack draper stages a fightback to reach the third round of the cincinnati open. welcome. old trafford is where the new premier league season starts after a summer where manchester united have been a major talking point. they play fulham with the manager secure in hisjob, but erik ten hag says that united are not ready for the new campaign because they are still facing injuries. fulham have their own issues, the number of players lost but of those brought in by manchester united they will be in the squad but they have onlyjust arrived. the squad but they have only 'ust arrived. :,

, the rmt's mick lynch marched into the department of transport.nd then starmer said this about taxation. >> we will not raise tax on working people. no tax rises for income tax , for national income tax, for national insurance, for vat. we will not raise income tax . raise income tax. >> okay. well who's going to pay for all that stuff then. and he said that he'd be all about growth. >> our focus is on growth. that's been the missing ingredient for the last 14 years. it's been slightly the missing ingredient in this campaign as well, because we're not talking enough about how we grow the economy and create wealth, but offering whopping great big pay rises without any conditions for a better service will just cause inflation. >> not growth. and then he suddenly wants people to be able to work from home more, despite that meaning that fewer people will be on trains into work nullifying the point, really, of his bumper trains deal. he slammed the tories for considering cancelling winter fuel payments for pensioners last year. >> the prime minister wa

has starmer got his priorities wrong and anyone from raneem oudeh aj rmt . labour's islamophobia rmt. labour's islamophobia definition is it a blasphemy law by the back door? also now starmer, by cracking down on that poses, i think, the biggest threat to free speech we've seen in our history. children are now on the front line of the free speech war. they're about to get fake news lessons in school and for britain to return to the way . for britain to return to the way. a huge row in a tiny village over the union jack is patriotism under attack in modern britain. >> and there are simply not enough homes. those on the benches opposite knew this controversy, as labour could compulsory purchase the green belt also . belt also. >> find out why a random group of men were inexplicably called racist at the weekend. on my panel racist at the weekend. on my panel. its express columnist carole malone, journalist benjamin butterworth and ex—tory party chairman jake berry. oh yes . and what did this man do yes. and what did this man do wrong ? wrong? >> bloody warm, is

rmt members working for the tube driving trains are getting 70,000. what about me? and.in the middle? it's the poor old passenger and the poor old taxpayer. what a surprise. >> absolutely. we'll get hit again in the pocket. and these unions do have a lot of leverage. they can bring us almost to a standstill, particularly tfl in london. that would be disastrous to have long term strikes on that facility. but thank you very much indeed . but thank you very much indeed. simon calder there outside waterloo station. i believe, in central london. thank you very much indeed. now i must bring you before the break. i must bnng you before the break. i must bring you a bit of breaking news. if you were hoping to send your children or grandchildren to eton college, you're going to have a big bill there. apparently going to pass on the full cost of the 20% vat that labour are bringing in to parents. so get this, it's going to go from £53,000 a year to send one kid to eton to 63,000, more than 63,000. now i hazard a guess that there aren't actually that many brits who can afford that

and rail talks continue today as the rmt meet with network rail to discuss their pay- network rail to discuss their pay. the rmt met with officials at the for department transport on tuesday to discuss a pay rise for its members at train operating companies rmt general secretary mick lynch said all offers would be dealt with by the unions after talks are completed, with network rail and the mod today , and those are the the mod today, and those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm tatiana sanchez, more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code , alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com. >> forward slash alerts . >> forward slash alerts. >> forward slash alerts. >> good morning. 934 this is britain's newsroom live across the uk with me, bev turner and dawn neesom. because andrew is still on his holidays in his budgie smugglers. >> thank you beth. you didn't even have to say it this morning. i'm getting the mental image all ready now. hundreds of thousands of teenagers in england, wales and

now, coming up, we're speaking to a former rmt union boss.vels of service act. that's after your headlines with sam francis . francis. >> very good afternoon to you. it's just after 1:30. a top story today. the government has confirmed it's preparing more than 500 additional prison places to deal with rioters. rioters, rather, as hundreds come before the courts today. it comes after violent protests continued overnight, with bricks and fireworks being thrown at officers up and down the country and petrol bombs thrown in belfast. a former head of the uk's counter—terror police force has said it's now time to start treating the worst of the riots as terrorism. it comes a week on now since three children were stabbed to death in southport, and the government says it's investigating whether state actors are spreading disinformation and fuelling the violence . a solicitor of a man violence. a solicitor of a man who was kicked in the head by a police officer at manchester airport says the family's victim of a the family is rather a victim of a smea

was, you know, i was a journalist, a journalist, where actually, if the aslef went on strike or the rmteverything was shut down. honestly, we learned something else. it's called working from home. and on that basis, they had no strength and we should have tough them out and eventually let them go . and i eventually let them go. and i would have been as simple as that. and there is no point having a secretary of state for transport who is completely and utterly wired into the trade union movement. >> jim schneider i think that's complete nonsense, >> the train strike, which was being propped up by the government, the government were in effect paying our money to the train operators to not settle with staff. so the government again , i'll say that government again, i'll say that again, the government were in effect, paying the private operators to not settle the strike, not settle the pay dispute has cost us hundreds of millions of pounds in direct taxpayer money and many more, hundreds of millions of pounds in the cost of the disruption through the strikes. so it's a very good thing that

. >> and now the rmt's mick lynch wants his staff to get the same pay wants his staff to get the samethreatened to pay rise, and gp's threatened to stop treating patients, so they're going to get more money and border force are going on strike as well. what on earth has keir starmer done already? >> also for me, the most important place that i sit in the world right now is as mother. >> that's nice. i've got the latest from harry and meghan's ridiculous trip to columbia, plus . plus. >> fina sunny virk youngest son. >> fina sunny virk youngest son. >> it's good news for anyone who wants to visit north korea. i've got tomorrow's front pages with itv and bbc legend john sergeant, entrepreneur , joana sergeant, entrepreneur, joana jaflue sergeant, entrepreneur, joana jarjue and political commentator alex armstrong. and i'm going to tell you what's wrong with that, okay? get ready britain. here we go . go. the unions are in charge of keir starmer's britain next . starmer's britain next. >> patrick, thank you and good evening. the top stories irish police are investigating a potential terro

has mick lynch of the rmt has just been offered a bumper pay rise as well.pay? their union mates and stanley petrillo . and stanley petrillo. >> petrillo sulphinyl that man is running as a woman at the paralympics, but he's hit back against his critics. >> i thought the queen was incredible. i mean, think of it all those years, 75 years, she's almost never made a mistake. >> well, a new biography says the late queen slammed trump. but is it really true? i will talk to a palace insider. >> plus, i'll take my message on in the morning. take five hours on my knees and then crack cocaine. >> scotland tops the drug death league table. are the snp to blame on my panel tonight it's broadcaster and columnist esther krakue, the director of the centre of migration economic prosperity, stephen wolfe and journalist jonathan lis. oh, and what happens next here? get ready britain , here we go . ready britain, here we go. can britain survive five years of starmer . next? of starmer. next? >> well good evening. it's 9:02. the latest news from the gb news centre. new video h

been accused of prioritising unions over pensioners and a fresh row could also be brewing, with the rmtter general secretary mick lynch threatened fresh industrial action if his members do not get the exact same pay deal as aslef. so let's just remind ourselves what transport secretary louise haigh said. just yesterday became transport secretary. >> i said we'd move fast and fix things and that's exactly what we're doing. i'm delighted that we're doing. i'm delighted that we have put forward a three year pay we have put forward a three year pay deal so that drivers across our railways can vote on it, and hopefully bring an end to over two years of damaging strikes that have cost the taxpayer more than £800 million in lost revenue and hurt the economy even more. the previous government deliberately provoked and prolonged these strikes and hurt passengers and the economy in direct contrast, this labour government will always put passengers first. >> oops , because now they're >> oops, because now they're saying we're not going to accept it, am i right, paul? it's complicated. well, no, th

i said at the time, what will happen when the time, what will happen when the rmt the other big railout the next day they're they're threatening to go on strike over pay and conditions as well. so i think it was very foolish the way they went at it. >> do you know what, daniel? i'm actually in favour of public funding of political parties. so neither the labour party or the trade union or the tory party are reliant on donations. right? >> i do very quickly, very quickly before we end the show because i did say we were going to talk about jack daniel's because their parent company has become the latest business to ditch its diversity targets altogether. they're also going to stop taking part in the annual rankings of lgbt friendly companies. clearly, they've just decided unilaterally that this doesn't serve them. this is quite interesting, isn't it? because lots of people will be saying, oh , this is a backward saying, oh, this is a backward step. this is this is backwards. and you know, not progressive, but is it just common sense? >> look, the reality is that discrimination against

has mick lynch of the rmt has just been offered a bumper pay rise as well.on mates and stanley petrillo . and stanley petrillo. >> petrillo sulphinyl that man is running as a woman at the paralympics, but he's hit back against his critics. >> i thought

some of them , the rmt are still on of them, the rmt are still on strike and that pattern is going tocontinue. and that means that the rest of us are going to have to be paying a lot for the foolishness of getting a labour government. >> can i just briefly ask you, do you think this is a distraction tactic? i mean, he's come out with the smoking thing , come out with the smoking thing, which no one was talking about. it was a problem that nobody was talking, mentioning. and now he's coming out. he's taken the picture down, which he must have known would get some headlines, but to detract from his winter fuel allowance, which most of us think is disgraceful, that that on schools and all the other stuff that's coming our way, he can't distract from what he's done to millions of pensioners in this country. >> as we head towards the winter, as it was actually announced both the same week that these pay rises were given to his blackmailing friends in the unions, blackmailing us with all these strikes . and at the all these strikes. and at the same time, of course, as the cost of heating ou

the rmt rail union met with goverment officials today to discuss a pay rise for its members.several right wing newspapers, and 102,312 people who've so far signed an online petition. in a previousjob maybe keir starmer would bejoining them if this clip of him as leader of the opposition is anything to go by. last year the prime minister was apparently drawing up plans to remove the winter fuel allowance from pensioners. his paymaster general went a step further. he said that's the kind of thing we need to look at. so will he now rule out taking pensioners' winter fuel payments off them to help fund his £46 billion black hole? ages before any of you get the winter fuel payment, so this is an intellectual argument for you but what is your take, is it a good trade—off? i what is your take, is it a good trade-off?— trade-off? i think it is quite meticulous _ trade-off? i think it is quite meticulous and _ trade-off? i think it is quite meticulous and i'm - trade-off? i think it is quite meticulous and i'm not - trade-off? i think it is quite | meticulous and i'm not sure trade-of

accused of prioritising unions over pensioners. >> yeah, a fresh row could also be brewing with the rmtmembers if they don't get the exact same pay deal as aslef. who could have possibly predicted that? emily. >> well, let's get more from our gb news political correspondent o political editor christopher hope, christopher, are doesn't look great for the labour government, does it? that after you offer this whopping inflation busting pay rise , inflation busting pay rise, there's immediately a fresh, fresh series of strikes announced ? announced? >> no it doesn't. and hello both again from college green outside parliament. yeah. this is this is lner drivers. they're represented by the aslef trade trains union. they're going to strike from august 30th 1st to november 10th on every saturday and sunday. going through that penod and sunday. going through that period every every every three weeks. forgive me. they're striking reportedly over the fact that some bonuses were paid to managers to run the service dunng to managers to run the service during previous strikes. this is separate to the

there's a meeting we expect with the rmt and tomorrow with network rail.nding money. they're choosing to spend money while withdraw benefits from 11 million pensioners. that's the winter fuel allowance. and the today's guardian talks about the fact that the treasury is quite interesting. it talks about the fact of lightly planned tax increases over concern about this black hole and the quote given to the guardian from the treasury is fascinating. they say they're we don't expect we don't accept the positive economic inheritance, which of course, we've heard about from jeremy hunt and senior tories, given the decade they went before. but regardless, nothing in the recent data the government says, can offset the scale of the black hole in the pubuc scale of the black hole in the public finances that we're looking at. so they claim there is this £22 billion black hole thatis is this £22 billion black hole that is preparing us for tax increases. maybe in capital gains tax and inheritance tax and elsewhere. but despite that, they are spending lots of money on p

. >> no, bring them back rmt. now bnng >> no, bring them back rmt. now bring them back.they should. >> this is the problem. we have got prisons sitting empty. right? and the shoplifting as well. we're going to start. we're going to clamp down on shoplifters. now we're going to put shoplifters in jail. which jails are you going to put them in? exactly. we don't have any. allegedly. >> we're also going to be prime minister in the rose garden. interesting making that speech in the rose garden because of course, in the rose garden, downing street had a party to mark all the very successful work that had been done on the general election campaign organised by one waheed alli, lord alli, labour's biggest keir starmer's biggest donor, who was given a downing street parcel. why? >> what is your objection to waheed alli, i mean. >> well, no, i like him very much. he's very clever, successful businessman. >> he's a paid adviser. he's trying to raise for money laboun trying to raise for money labour. if this was america, that would be very natural. but it isn't america. >> and we d

the rmt, saying they've just got 15%. that's more than we got. where's ours please.he sense they've settled haven't they. they settled but now they're coming back for more because understandably you know you're a guard and you're thinking, well hang on, i've got i can't remember the exact percentage, but let's say i3%, the guy at the front and the woman at the front has got 15%. i'd like i'd like some more, please. and i think we're going to perhaps see more of that. and there is this sense which the rail unions have always had, which is that the railways are too important to fail if you just keep striking long enough, you will get what you want and well, that seems to have played out . but ultimately, well, that seems to have played out. but ultimately, and i have done the working on this £240 per second being paid by the government by taxpayers to keep a pretty ramshackle railway going. i think taxpayers, people who'd be watching this never go near a train. some of them , near a train. some of them, they're thinking, how much are we paying and what are we getting ?

also being the 1000 on my waiting and aj rmt labour's islamophobia definition.e back door . and. definition. is it a blasphemy law by the back door. and. a group of random football fans were called far right racist fascists and lord president white, the lord justice clerk white, every high court judge white blackmailed with money go yourself. humza yousaf threatens to take elon musk to court. i'm not sure it'll end well for him. i've got all of tomorrow's newspaper front pages with my panel express columnist carole malone, journalist benjamin butterworth and ex—chairman of the tory party, sir jake berry. oh, and what did this guy do wrong ? wrong? >> bloody warm innit? >> bloody warm innit? >> get ready britain, here we go . >> get ready britain, here we go. labour predicted the riots . next. >> very good evening to you. just coming up to 1002 patrick. up just coming up to 1002 patrick. up next. first though, a look at the headlines. and the prime minister has urged iran to refrain from attacking israel in a direct call with the iranian president tonight, speaki

. >> yes, a transgender woman from australia has won a discrimination case against rmt against a womancess on the basis of going being male. go go anywhere. britain's newsroom live across the united kingdom on gb welcome back. it's 1048. this is britain's newsroom on gb news now. an australian court ruled on friday that removing a transgender woman from a female only social networking platform for girls constituted discrimination. >> yeah, this is this is serious, by the way. it's all true. someone who identified as a woman, roxanne tickle, claimed she was legally entitled to use services meant for women. well, the chief executive of google for girls, sal groves, joins us now from the ivory coast. sal morning to you. you've had quite a battle on your hands here. the gold coast, of course. you your point was this website, your app was for women, biological women to talk to each other, not for somebody who is a trans woman . somebody who is a trans woman. >> basically, yes. i mean, the app >> basically, yes. i mean, the app was for females. it's as simple as that . so it excluded simple

so that's why the rmt and the fbu and the cwu instructed their branches to go and provide support for of was needed, because, yes, all of those issues which, dougie raised public services squeezed, housing unavailable and expensive problems with schooling , limited living schooling, limited living standards, pay not meeting the mortgage and meeting the rent, insufficient childcare. all of these issues are issues that for us to overcome them and improve them, we're going to need unity and the unity which realises that someone who is, for example, born in jamaica and is a bricklayer, has much more in common with another working class person who was perhaps born here than they do with the people that are cutting their services, who are getting the enormous tax breaks, who are making, who are taking money out of our public services, who are privatising them . that is the privatising them. that is the real unity that we need to see. so i don't think that the trade unions and those that are standing against racism are what they're doing is they're not denigrating sections of people who have

. >> amongst others, the rmt are already saying, well hold on a minute.her heart, who passed away two years ago, would have said, you know what these people need? they need their heads banging together. and they do. they need together. and they do. they need to get some common sense and start realising that there's a country of people out there trying to get on with their life, many of them are struggling, probably more so than they've ever done in their lives before because of the economic situation, and we seem to have a whole bunch of people who think it's about them, them, them, and nobody else. >> do you do you get that impression? jenny? that's an interesting point, isn't it? it's like it's so often we've heard it with the recent unrest and riots on our street. the government isn't listening. doesn't matter who the government is in charge at the particular time. the government isn't listening to us. the people we need our voices heard. do you get a similar impression with with the labour government? they've only been in for a month at the end of the

i mean, it's the same as the rmt. it's the same as unison or unite.hat category and they're all political organisations. they're all trade unions, they're all political a very wide believe. there is a very wide spectrum of political views , spectrum of political views, i'm, i'm one of the lucky people who's been accused of being a closet trot and a tory lapdog. within the same week . so within the same week. so i actually think the bma council has overstepped its mark. i think it's nothing to do with the trade union, whether it's like the other trades unions or not. we can have a debate about that another time. but the fact is that i think doctors should be paying attention to evidence and the evidence of hilary cass review is we need to look a jolly sight more carefully before we start handing out this medication . okay. medication. okay. >> well, thank you very much indeed , doctor lawrence buckman, indeed, doctor lawrence buckman, you are the former chairman of the british medical association's gp committee . association's gp committee. thank you v

when it's the rmt, the maintenance workers, there is a skeleton, normally a skeleton service, but wheneen no way to get in for lots of commuters around the country by train. and so it does appear to have worked, frankly, to put the pressure on the government and the new government's come in and settled it. the average pay rise for a train driver, tom was interested in that as a future career option. i noted their £60,000 to £70,000 a year. that's that's not bad. helen whately, she's the shadow transport secretary. she says this no strings deal will be paid for by you and me. and taxpayers for years to come. earlier, you both interviewed tom tugendhat. he's one of six mps, tory mps, who wants to be the next leader of the tory party. and he had this to say. >> i think this is again the labour party feeding the union paymasters that they've always obeyed. and i'm afraid what this isn't focused on is the real need for massive investment that we need to make a commitment to, in order to make sure that people, the travelling public, those people who are actually delivering the jobs and the o

saying this is not all at once, but it also will have some impact on the ongoing negotiations with the rmtlers and the train guards and the station staff and so on. will there be a kind of improved offer on, i think, the 4% that they'd agreed with the last administration, naturally, the conservatives, given the rescinding of winter fuel payments to pensioners and so on, this is being framed very much as you're taking away from pensioners to give to the railway workers. but at the same time, i don't think you can land that particular decision at the feet of the unions. they're fighting for their members. they're going to want to get the best deal possible. it's up to the government to make the trade offs and the decisions that they want, but trade off has to be made if you're going to. >> i mean, you know, do you do you keep the strikes going or do you keep the strikes going or do you or do you take away from people who can't go on strike? >> i think people deserve a pay rise. >> but if we look at train drivers, on average , they do drivers, on average, they do receive a salary of above the