Ministers said on Wednesday that they had struck a deal with union barons which would see the average driver's salary soar by 14 per cent to about £69,000.
Hundreds of train drivers who have left the profession will get a cash bung under the Government's offer to end the two-year rail strikes, the Mail can reveal.
The previous Tory administration insisted reforms, such as compulsory Sunday working, had to be part of any deal. Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson struggled to explain how the deal for drivers – who work a four-day week – would be funded Former Tory leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith said: 'Labour is throwing money at its union paymasters like confetti.
Former transport secretary Grant Shapps criticised the fact that no reforms to working practices were demanded in return for the pay hike How many staff to replace a socket? 9! The 'Spanish practices' on the railways that the previous Tory government wanted to ditch: DOUBLING UP WORKERS: Menial tasks such as changing a plug socket can take nine workers because of resistance to multi-skilling staff. Different teams can't cross boundary lines to help sort a fault.
Advertisement He said: 'It must come, mustn't it, either from the Department for Transport budget – so from other aspects of the transport infrastructure – or from taxpayers or farepayers?' The new offer is comprised of a 5 per cent hike for 2022/23, 4.75 per cent for 23/24 and 4.5 per cent for 24/25. Inflation is currently hovering around 2 per cent.
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