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Members of the RMT and ASLEF unions walked out across the rail network on 21, 23 and 25 June, with surviving services running only between 7am and 7pm and passengers warned to travel only if absolutely necessary.
With 96 per cent of National Education Union members rejecting an unfunded 6.5 per cent offer spread over three years, ministers face a fraught decision on the 2026 pay award that could trigger the first national school strikes since 2023.
A four-day walkout planned for the heatwave-hit week of 15 June was called off so that resident doctors in England could vote on a government offer worth an average 6.6 per cent and 4,500 new training places, with the ballot closing on 26 June.
A walkout that threatened to coincide with a heatwave and the World Cup was suspended hours before it began, after the BMA and government struck a revised pay and jobs offer now heading to a members' vote.
London Underground services faced disruption after RMT members walked out over Transport for London's proposed four-day working week, with the union citing fatigue and safety fears and no lasting agreement yet reached.
Members of the British Medical Association are set to walk out from 15 to 19 June after talks over pay restoration failed to produce an improved offer.
London Underground was thrown into chaos at the start of June as RMT members staged two strikes over a compressed working week, with Tube usage falling sharply on the worst-hit days.