Network Rail boss denies ministers urged it to cap pay offer
by Emily Dugan from World news | The Guardian on (#60K42)
RMT union believes government put pressure on Network Rail not to exceed 3% increase
The head of Network Rail has denied that the government leaned on it to cap a pay increase for its workers, as it failed to prevent the biggest train strikes in 30 years.
Attempts to avert the strikes through talks failed on Monday evening and the RMT accused the government of preventing a deal.
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