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An RMT picket line in Glasgow

Labour MPs join picket lines in support of striking rail workers

Shoppers in a supermarket

Shoppers’ annual grocery bills ‘to rise by £380’

Estate agents' boards

May house sales down around 5% on a year earlier

Rail and Tube strikes

NHS worker fears he won’t make it to Glastonbury Festival following rail strikes

British raspberries

Warm spring means bigger and sweeter raspberries at start of season

Mick Lynch

Shapps is ‘spouting nonsense’, RMT general secretary says

Travellers walking in front of a ScotRail train

Scotland’s rail network suffers major disruption as workers go on strike

The picket line outside Bristol Temple Meads station

Millions hit by travel disruption as rail strike cripples services

Ocado expansion into France

Ocado hits £575m fundraising target to invest in technology arm

Ryanair plane

Flight woes to continue throughout the summer, warns Ryanair boss

A sign alerting passengers to the strikes

Online train journey planner fails as rail strike cripples services

Energy bills rises

Government has room to give households more energy bill support, expert says

A deserted Alexandra Palace railway station in north London

Stations deserted as start of rail strike means no early-morning trains

Commuters catching a London bound train in Bracknell, Berkshire

80% of Britain’s train services expected to be cancelled by strike action

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Business bosses predict ‘incredible’ damage due to rail strike disruption

Money

Government under fire for plans to cut controls on City bosses’ pay

Train passengers

Train passengers face travel misery as major strike starts

Nationwide Building Society

Nationwide offering 5% interest on current account as competition heats up