Olivia Blake
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Wednesday 22nd June 2022
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The following is an extract from the statement on 20 June 2022.
Olivia Blake
To declare an interest, my father-in-law is a train driver and a member of the RMT. I am saddened that from the Government Benches we are not hearing the same loving rhetoric towards our railway staff that we did during the pandemic. The Secretary of State called our railway workers heroes. What has changed, and why will he not get around the negotiating table and see what he can do?