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Sean Tyler
People take part in a protest organised by the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) opposite Downing Street, London, over the proposed closure of railway station ticket offices, August 31, 2023.
RMT Conference 2025 / 25 June 2025
25 June 2025
A general view of terraced residential houses in south east
RMT Conference 2025 / 25 June 2025
25 June 2025
A view of Great British Railways branding on the side of a train carriage at the South Western Railway (SWR) Bournemouth Traincare Depot, in Dorset, ahead of the rail operator being the first to be renationalised under the Labour government's Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Act 2024. Picture date: Thursday May 22, 2025
RMT Conference 2025 / 24 June 2025
24 June 2025
A sign for the London Underground seen through the closed shutters at Euston station, central London
Features / 25 June 2025
25 June 2025

As government cuts slash British Transport Police funding by £8.5 million, brutal attacks on transport workers are surging across Britain  — but 75 per cent are now prepared for industrial action to protect themselves, reports SEAN TYLER

A man showing signs of depression (picture posed by a model)
RMT Conference 2025 / 23 June 2025
23 June 2025
RMT's Charles Fisher, from South East London Operations (Pic: RMT)
RMT Conference 2025 / 23 June 2025
23 June 2025
Spanish U.N. peacekeepers stand on a hill overlooking the Le
Britain / 26 June 2024
26 June 2024
Members of the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association (TSSA)
Exclusive / 28 June 2023
28 June 2023
‘We will fight this in the courts, the media and the workplace’, union leader Mick Lynch says