UK rail bosses push for job cuts as strike talks resume

Rail bosses are calling on unions to accept almost 2,000 job losses, as the two sides seek to overcome their differences in talks after the biggest transport strike in a generation brought much of Britain grinding to a halt.

With prime minister Boris Johnson calling on the sector to modernise or “go bust”, the RMT rail union and employers will resume negotiations on Wednesday in a bid to avoid more strikes this week.

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