Keir Starmer is seemingly being held hostage by unions across Britain as the Tories claimed that kowtowing to train drivers was a sign that the Labour Party is being “played by its union paymasters”. A pay offer to train drivers came to light on Wednesday and is set to be voted on by the Aslef union. If accepted, it would include a backdated 5 per cent pay rise for 2019 to 2022, 4.75 per cent for 2022 to 2024 and a further 4.5 per cent for 2024 to 2025. Despite the offer, train drivers from LNER announced that there could be strike action for the next three months. RMT union boss Mick Lynch to…
