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Latest LIVE train and tube strikes: rail strikes to proceed the following failure of desperate talks Source Despite the upcoming start of strikes, Grant Shapps, the transport secretary, must "do the heroic thing" and step in to resolve the conflict between the RMT union and rail employers, according to Louise Haigh. Patients, kids, and underpaid employees need a solution, claims Haigh. Even today, at this late hour, I firmly advise him to get to work at the table." catastrophic leadership failure - Labour According to opposition transport secretary Louise Haigh, the strike is still avoidable even at this late hour. She adds, however, that doing so "needs ministers to stand up and show leadership, and get businesses and unions at the table and address the very significant concerns on wages and on cuts to safety and maintenance employees that are the driving forces behind this dispute. The entire nation is going to come to a grinding standstill, but the secretary of s